If you don’t know haw to deal with the forgotten Windows 7 Administrator password, please refer to this tutorial. We will help you with 4 practical methods to reset the forgotten password.
“Need a way around password on Administrator account in Windows 7 PC. I have forgotten my Administrator password on Windows 7. Data from the old PC is transferred, so I do not want to do a complete re-install of the Windows operating system, or I will lose data. HELP! Anyone has a good idea?
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Windows 7 Administrator can manage all operations on your PC, but the prerequisite is knowing the password. If you leave an old Windows 7 PC idle for a long time, you may forget the Windows 7 Administrator password. Then you cannot unlock the PC and access any data stored on it.
If you want to change the forgotten Windows 7 password, please read on. Some effective methods will be displayed to change the lost Windows 7 Administrator password.
When you forget the Windows 7 Administrator password, you can learn 4 solutions in this part to reset the lost password. Then you can unlock and manage your PC with the new Windows 7 password.
Once you forget the Windows 7 Administrator password, you can try to use the Windows installation disk to reset the password. Here are the detailed steps.
Step 1. Insert the installation disk into the PC, then boot Windows 7 from it. Select the language or keep everything as default, then click “Next”.
Step 2. When you see “Install Now” interface, click on the “Repair your computer” option.
Step 3. On the System Recovery Options screen, choose Windows 7 and remember the location. Then click “Next” and select “Command Prompt”.
Step 4. Type “copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\” and “copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe”, then press “Enter”.
Step 5. Take out the installation disk and reboot your PC, once you see the login screen, press “Shift” 5 times.
Step 6. Input “net user username new_password”, then press “Enter” to reset the forgotten Windows 7 Administrator password.
The password reset disk can also be a worth-considering tool for you, but you need to create it before you forget the Windows 7 Administrator password.
Step 1. When see the locked interface, click the “Reset Password” option.
Step 2. Insert the produced Windows 7 password reset disk, the Password Reset Wizard will be opened, click “Next”.
Step 3. Choose the target drive stored “userkey.psw” file, click the “Next” option. In the new window, type a new password and click “Next”.
Step 4. When the work is completed, click “Finish”.
As a practical Windows tool, CMD can help users perform some disk managing operations. Apart from disk management, this functional utility can also change the forgotten Windows 7 Administrator password.
Step 1. Start the locked computer, continuously press F8 until you see the Advanced Boot Options screen.
Step 2. Select “Safe Mode with Command Prompt”, then press “Enter”.
Step 3. Enter “net user user_name 123456” (123456 is the new changed password), then press “Enter”. When “The command completed successfully”, you have reset the password, then you can close the tool and open your PC with the new password.
When you have no Windows installation disk or created password reset disk, the password changing work cannot go further. If you also hate to use CMD, you may need a much simpler and more useful tool. By carefully researching, we find out the powerful AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional.
In Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP devices, this tool can create a bootable USB. Being similar to the Windows password reset disk, the bootable USB can help you reset the forgotten Windows 7 Administrator password in a short time. There’s a difference: the bootable USB can be created even when you already lose the password.
If you want to further optimize the PC, you can choose other useful functions you can choose: Convert dynamic disk to basic, Disk Clone Wizard, Windows To Go Creator, Wipe System Disk, etc.
Step 1. Download and open AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional, click “Tools”> “Reset Password”. Insert the USB you prepared.
Step 2. There is a small window for you to create a Win PE bootable USB, click “Next”.
Step 3. There are three ways to create bootable media: USB Boot Device, Burn to CD/DVD and Export ISO File. Choose the USB device, then click “Proceed”.
Tip: The “Add Drivers” button refers to adding other drivers to the bootable media.
Step 4. Read the notice on the window and click “Yes”. Since this task will delete all data, please backup the important files.
Step 5. Wait for some seconds, the tool is creating the password reset USB, click “Finish”.
Step 6. Take out the USB from the PC and insert it to the PC, then restart the computer, choose the Windows OS and click “Next”.
Note: You’ll need to change the boot drive, then boot the PC from the created USB.
Step 7. All accounts on the PC will be listed, click the target account and tick “Reset Account Password”, click “Next”.
Step 8. Click “Reset Account Password” and reset the lost Windows 7 Administrator password, then click “Yes”.
To conclude, to change the forgotten Windows 7 Administrator password, 4 solutions have been shown to you. Please choose your favorite method to reset the lost password. If you want to perform the password reset task, AOMEI Partition Assistant can be reliable.
What’s more, when you are stuck in the login interface on Windows Server PC, the Server Version can help you get away from this trouble.