{"id":3620,"date":"2014-07-05T10:34:35","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T10:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=3620"},"modified":"2014-07-05T10:37:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-05T10:37:56","slug":"how-to-reset-sony-vaio-windows-7-password-with-usb-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/how-to-reset-sony-vaio-windows-7-password-with-usb-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset Sony Vaio Windows 7 Password with USB Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can&#8217;t get past the login screen because you&#8217;ve forgotten Windows 7 administrator password? You just need to get back into your Sony Vaio laptop so you can get on with your day? Well, this problem can be solved with a bootable utility called PCUnlocker. Rather than cracking a Windows password, PCUnlocker bypasses it and lets you log into the computer without typing a password.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/reset-windows-password.html\" style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">PCUnlocker<\/a> can run from either a bootable CD or a USB drive. In this tutorial we&#8217;ll show you how to reset Sony Vaio Windows 7 password with a USB drive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Reset Sony Vaio Windows 7 Password with USB Drive?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First of all, use a spare computer to download the ISO image of PCUnlocker. Burn the ISO to your USB drive with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/download\/ISO2DiscSetup.exe\"  style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">ISO2Disc<\/a>, a tool for creating bootable USB drives.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/images\/iso2disc_usb.png\" width=\"450\" height=\"262\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the bootable USB drive is ready, close the ISO2Disc program and unplug the USB drive. Later insert the USB drive into your affected Sony Vaio laptop.<\/p>\n<p>Now you need to change the boot order in your computer&#8217;s BIOS. While turning on the machine, press and hold the <strong>F2<\/strong> or <strong>F3<\/strong> key to enter into BIOS Setup. If your model has the physical <strong>Assist<\/strong> button, press the Assist button while your computer is turned off. This will bring up the <strong>VAIOCare Rescue Mode<\/strong> menu and you can then press F2 to start BIOS Setup.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/images\/sony-rescue-mode.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the BIOS Setup, go to the <em>Boot<\/em> tab, make sure that <em>External Device Boot<\/em> is <em>Enabled<\/em> under <em>Boot Configuration<\/em>, and then change boot priority to boot from USB first. Save your changes and exit BIOS. The laptop will automatically boot from your created USB drive.<\/p>\n<p>After the WinPE operating system is loaded into memory, the computer will start the PCUnlocker utility. It displays a list of Windows local accounts existing in your Windows 7 installation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/images\/pcunlocker.png\" width=\"450\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Choose an account and click on <em>Reset Password<\/em> button. The application will unlock \/ reset your forgotten Windows 7 user password immediately. Restart your computer and disconnect the USB drive, you can then boot into Windows 7 without being required to enter a password!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can&#8217;t get past the login screen because you&#8217;ve forgotten Windows 7 administrator password? You just need to get back into your Sony Vaio laptop so you can get on with your day? Well, this problem can be solved with a bootable utility called PCUnlocker. Rather than cracking a Windows password, PCUnlocker bypasses it and lets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,3],"tags":[1760,1761,1192,1759,1758],"class_list":["post-3620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-7","tag-bypass-sony-vaio-password","tag-forgot-sony-vaio-windows-7-password","tag-sony-laptop-password-reset","tag-sony-vaio-password-reset","tag-sony-vaio-windows-7-password-reset"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3620"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3626,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3620\/revisions\/3626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}