{"id":591,"date":"2012-06-24T13:20:24","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T13:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=591"},"modified":"2012-06-24T13:22:59","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T13:22:59","slug":"forgot-administrator-password-on-windows-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/forgot-administrator-password-on-windows-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgot Administrator Password on Windows 7?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Need a way around password on administrator account in windows 7 new machine and during setup password was
\nentered accidentally and don’t know it. Data from old machine is transfered so I do not want to do a complete reinstall of operating system or i will loose data HELP!!!!!!!!!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are times we forgot the administrator password on Windows 7. \u00a0If the administrator account is the only user with administrative\u00a0privileges\u00a0on your computer, \u00a0you then can’t install any new software or even can’t log on your computer anymore. \u00a0So it’s important to find out a password recovery tool to recover or reset the password in order to regain access to the locked computer.<\/p>\n

In this article we’ll explain a simple way to help you reset forgotten administrator password on Windows 7, no matter what reason you forgot the password. Reset Windows Password<\/a> is the software we need to use to unlock Windows 7 password<\/a>. \u00a0Let’s see the detailed steps:<\/p>\n

How to Reset Forgotten Administrator Password on Windows 7:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Download the zip archive of\u00a0Reset Windows Password<\/a>\u00a0utility. Unzip it and burn the ISO image to a blank CD or USB stick.<\/li>\n
  2. Insert the CD or USB stick into your locked computer and let your computer boot from it.<\/li>\n
  3. After a while the bootdisk will launch the\u00a0Reset Windows Password<\/a>\u00a0utility, which shows all Windows user accounts available for your Windows installation. By default the\u00a0Reset Local Admin\/User Password<\/strong>\u00a0option will be selected, the program will display a list of Windows local user accounts. If you want to reset domain administrator password, please choose the\u00a0Reset Active Directory Password<\/strong>\u00a0option.Here we’re going to reset forgotten Windows 7 password, so we choose the first option.<\/li>\n
  4. Choose the administrator account, then click\u00a0Reset Password<\/strong>\u00a0button. The program will quickly reset your forgotten administrator password as well as unlock the user account if it is disabled or locked out.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Now remove the CD or USB stick and restart Windows 7 system. You can then immediately log in to the administrator account without being asked for a password. \u00a0No need to worry about data loss if you forgot Windows 7 password<\/a> next time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Need a way around password on administrator account in windows 7 new machine and during setup password was entered accidentally and don’t know it. Data from old machine is transfered so I do not want to do a complete reinstall of operating system or i will loose data HELP!!!!!!!!!! There are times we forgot the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,3],"tags":[95,266,267,158,268],"class_list":["post-591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-7","tag-forgot-administrator-password","tag-forgot-administrator-password-on-windows-7","tag-forgot-windows-7-administrator-password","tag-forgot-windows-7-password","tag-reset-windows-7-administrator-password"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591","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=591"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":596,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591\/revisions\/596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}