{"id":643,"date":"2012-06-28T07:19:04","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T07:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=643"},"modified":"2012-06-28T07:23:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T07:23:00","slug":"how-to-reset-windows-7-password-on-a-netbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/how-to-reset-windows-7-password-on-a-netbook\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset Windows 7 Password on A Netbook"},"content":{"rendered":"

Got a heck of a deal on a netbook the other day as someone forgot the admin password on Windows 7. I didn’t really thing about it till I went to change it and it dawned on me the thing don’t have a CD-ROM! I’ve used the NT offline password and registry editor before on a few different computers but I don’t see a way to use it on something that only has USB ports. Any ideas on how to make it work? Anyone know of a bootable USB flash drive with such software on it?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Forgot Windows login password and you are unable to log onto your netbook? You may have read through many password cracking tricks to no avail. As netbook doesn’t have CD-ROM, we can’t reset Windows 7 password with a CD or DVD. To unlock Windows password and regain access to your netbook, you need to create a bootable USB flash drive, then get your netbook to boot off it and reset Windows 7 password.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Part 1: Create a Windows 7 Password Reset USB<\/strong><\/p>\n

You’ll need to create a Windows 7 password reset USB using another PC. If you don’t have another PC, you’ll have to bug one of your friends to use theirs. Download the ISO image of Reset Windows Password<\/a> utility, then burn it to a USB flash drive with ISO2Disc.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Part 2: Boot Netbook from USB Flash Drive<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plug your newly created USB flash drive into your netbook and power it up. In order to go into the BIOS settings, hit F2 as it is starting. Once you are in the BIOS settings, navigate to the Boot tab and move ‘USB-HDD’ to the top of boot priority order list. Hit F10 to save your settings.<\/p>\n

Part 3: Reset Windows 7 Password<\/strong><\/p>\n

After booting your netbook from the USB flash drive, the bootdisk will launch the Reset Windows Password<\/a> utility. On the main screen, you can see the Windows SAM registry file and a list of Windows user accounts.<\/p>\n

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Choose your desired user account, then click Reset Password<\/strong> button. The program will reset your forgotten Windows 7 password and unlock the account if it is already locked out.<\/p>\n

Reboot your netbook and remove the USB drive. Now you can log in to your computer with an empty password. A password reset USB could really come in handy if you ever forget your account password. With it, you can easily reset Windows 7 password<\/a> and get right in to your PC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Got a heck of a deal on a netbook the other day as someone forgot the admin password on Windows 7. I didn’t really thing about it till I went to change it and it dawned on me the thing don’t have a CD-ROM! I’ve used the NT offline password and registry editor before on […]<\/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":[158,280,281,157,279],"class_list":["post-643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-7","tag-forgot-windows-7-password","tag-netbook-password","tag-reset-netbook-password","tag-reset-windows-7-password","tag-reset-windows-7-password-on-a-netbook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643","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=643"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":647,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643\/revisions\/647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}