How to Recover Windows Local Administrator and User Accounts' Password

Step 1: Install "Windows Password Rescuer Professional" and create a Windows Password Recovery Disk on another computer.

Purchase Windows Password Rescuer Professional, and then download and install it in any available computer (Windows 11, 10, 8.1/8, 7, Vista, XP, server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2003, 2000).

Note: If you want to install Windows Password Rescuer Professional in Windows 10/8.1/8/7 or Windows Server 2022/2019/2016/2008, you'd better to run installation program as administrator(Right-click the installation program and select run as administrator).

1. Run the software and insert a blank CD/DVD or USB flash drive. Choose the right media type.

2. Select the CD/DVD burn drive from the pull-down list. Click Burn to CD/DVD to start burning. It will take you about one minute to complete burning. When successfully complete burning, Transfer the Windows Password Recovery Disk to your locked computer to reset Windows password.

Step 2: Insert the newly Windows password recovery disk to your locked computer, boot the computer from CD/DVD or USB Drive.

If you have created a recovery disk with CD/DVD, refer to How to boot from CD/DVD-ROM.

If you have created a recovery disk with USB flash drive, refer to How to boot from USB.

Step 3: Reset Windows local administrator/user password.

After booting from CD/DVD or USB, "Windows Password Rescuer Professional" will start automatically and display a friendly interface.

1. Select a Windows system you want to recover its user account password if there are several Windows system installed in your computer. All Windows system will be shown in the combo box. If only one system on your computer, skip this step.

2. All local user accounts of your computer will be listed. Select an User Account which you want to reset its password from list.

3. Click Reset Password button to reset its password, When a confirm message pops up, click Yes. And then you can reset other user accounts password as well.

Note: If you use Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Win7 or Windows 10/8.1/8, "Windows Password Rescuer Professional" will reset the password as blank ( You can log on without password ). If you use Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2012/2016/2019/2022, it will set the password to Hello@2011 by default(you can login Windows by this new password).

4. The user account password has been reset.

4. Click Reboot button to restart your computer. When following dialog appears, eject Windows password recovery disk first, and click Yes to restart your computer then you can access without password or with new password.

Tips: If you want to regain access to your computer without changing any user password. You can use Windows Password Rescuer Professional to add new admin account offline. It is very simple. Just need to click Add User button to add a new local user(Administrator) to your Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2008, 2003, 2000. With this New User, after restarting you can access locked computer directly. The special feature is create new user without login your Windows.