How to Reset Your Windows 7 Ultimate Password
So you forgot the login password to your Windows 7 Ultimate and now you are looking for an easy way to recover or reset windows 7 Ultimate password without any hassle. If you want to unlock your Windows 7 Ultimate computer but you don’t know the login password, this article will help you out to resolve the password issue. It gives you four options to reset windows 7 Ultimate admin or user password without data loss, without formatting your Windows system.
Option 1: Use Password Key to Reset Windows 7 Ultimate Password in Login Screen.
Option 2: Reset Windows 7 Ultimate Password with CMD.
Option 3: Reset Windows 7 Ultimate Admin Password with Hiren’s BootCD.
Option 4: Reset Windows 7 Ultimate Password with Best Password Recovery Software.
Option 1: Use Password Key to Reset Windows 7 Ultimate Password in Login Screen.
Windows 7 Password reset disk (Password Key) can be the most basic solution for you to reset Windows 7 Ultimate password. This method will only work if you already have a password reset disk created before losing or forgetting your password. Otherwise you won’t be able to use this method to solve your problem. You can also try another method if you haven’t created password reset disk before. Here is how to use password reset disk to reset Windows 7 Ultimate user account’s password:
Step 1. Insert your CD/USB disk which contains the password reset disk, when you log on your user account failed, a link to reset forgotten password will be shown under the password box.
Step 2. Click the “Reset Password” option to open a “password reset wizard”, simply click “Next” to go on to next step.
Step 3. Choose your USB drive name from pull-down list and go to next step.
Step 4. Next type in a new password twice and click “Next”.
Step 5. Now click “Finish” to close the wizard and use the new password to log into your Windows 7 Ultimate.
Option 2: Reset Windows 7 Ultimate Password with CMD.
To use CMD to reset a forgotten Windows 7 Ultimate password requires administrative privileges, but it is very easy and safe that all your personal data in the computer will be fine. If you have another available admin account or someone else have a user account which has admin privileges in this computer, you can easily reset your lost password by using Command Prompt.
Step 1: Log on your computer by using an available admin account, click “Start” menu and type “cmd” in the search box. Click on cmd.exe in search result.
Step 2: Command Prompt with administrative privileges is opened, now type in “net user” and press “Enter”. All user accounts of your Windows 7 Ultimate will be displayed in the command window.
Step 3: Type in “net user [username] [password]” and hit “Enter” to reset any user account’s password. Close the cmd window and you are able to log on the user account in next start.
Option 3: Reset Windows 7 Ultimate Admin Password with Hiren’s BootCD.
Hiren’s Boot CD is essentially a robust utility with several software applications used to rectify many Windows issues. The one we interest is the Windows password reset utility, which can be used to crack Windows 7 password by removing the password. However, it is hard to use if you are novice. Here I will show you step-by-step guide to use the Boot CD to reset Windows 7 Ultimate admin password.
Note: Hiren’s Boot CD will need to be downloaded and burned onto a writable CD/DVD. You can use a free burning utility like Free ISO Burner for this purpose. Once you finish creating the bootable CD, follow the steps given below:
Step 1: Insert the CD boot media to your locked computer and power on your computer. Shortly, it will ask you to press any key to boot from CD or DVD, otherwise it will start Windows 7 normally.
Step 2: For moment, it will give several options. Select “Offline NT Password Changer” and press Enter.
Step 3: You will now have to choose the graphics settings, which can be left as the default choice.
1. Type “1” and hit Enter.
2. Type “1” and hit Enter.
3. Type “1” and hit Enter.
4. Type “Administrator” or other user name shown in list, hit Enter.
5. Type “1” and hit Enter.
Step 4: Administrator password has been clear, now you need to save changes and exit the system.
1. Type “!” and hit Enter.
2. Type “q” and hit Enter.
3. Type “y” and hit Enter.
4. Type “n” and hit Enter.
Step 5: Now remove your Boot CD and then press “ctrl+alt+del” to restart the computer.
Step 6: Once the login screen of Windows 7 Ultimate appears, click the user account which you cleared its password to log on without password.
Option 4: Reset Windows 7 Ultimate Password with Best Password Recovery Software.
Options mentioned above may help some users out. If you forgot Windows 7 Ultimate password and have no password reset disk or available admin account, Windows Password Rescuer maybe the best option for you. This is one of the most popular Windows password recovery tool which has an amazing user interface as you can see from the below screenshots. All operations are done with mouse. You don't need to input any command you have no clue it. Most importantly, it can reset forgotten password for any Windows system such as Windows 10, 8.1, 7, Vista, XP etc.
Simply follow the steps to reset your Windows 7 Ultimate administrator password with USB flash drive within 3 minutes.
Step 1: Download and install Windows Password Rescuer Personal on another computer.
Step 2: Once you successfully install the software on your available computer, run it to create a small boot disk with USB flash drive. Choose “USB device”.
Step 3: Select your USB drive from pull down list, click “Begin Burning”.
Step 4: Once you complete burning, remove your USB and then plug it into your locked computer.
Step 5: Boot your locked computer from USB device.
Step 6: Windows Password Rescuer will run automatically and show you a friendly interface. Now you are able to reset any user account’s password with several clciks.
1. Click "Windows 7 Ultimate".
2. Click "Administrator".
3. Click "Reset Password", when a message pops up, click “Yes”.
4. Click "Reboot", when a message comes out, unplug your USB and then click “Yes” to restart your computer.
Step 7: Once Windows 7 Ultimate welcome screen appears, simply click “administrator” to log on without password!