How To Reset Your Lost Windows Password Using a USB Flash Drive
- November 19, 2009
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We often face situations where we forget or lost Windows password or somebody had changed the password of our system. In such a situation either we have to install windows again or find a solution to reset the password so that we can use the system easily. In this post, I will show you how you can reset the password on Windows easily with the help of your Flash Drive without reformatting or reinstalling your system.. In this post I will use a Flash Drive of 2 GB. Below are the steps to reset Windows password using bootable USB Flash Drive.
Step 1
Step1. Download a free demo version of Windows Password Key 8.0
http://www.lostwindowspassword.com
Step2. Run the downloaded file to install Windows Password Key 8.0. You can install Windows Password Key 8.0 on any PC you have access to.
Step3.Windows Start menu – From your Microsoft Windows Start Programs menu, select Windows Password Key | Windows Password Key 8.0.exe. . Windows Password Key 8.0 will be launched automatically.
Step4. Create a bootable USB Flash Drive
4.1 You can click “Browse” to browse Windows Password Key 8.0 image file. The file is usually located as the default.
4.2 Select “USB Flash Drive” and insert your USB into a USB port on the computer, specify the USB Flash Drive from the pull-down list.
4.3 Click “burn” button.
4.4 Windows Password Key extracts the ISO image and copies the necessary files on a USB Flash Drive
4.4: Put in your newly created USB Flash Drive and remove your Windows password:
1. Insert newly created USB Flash Drive and reboot your computer.
2. It’s necessary to change your computer’s setup to make it boot from the USB Flash Drive.
a. pres ‘F2’ or ‘Delete’ or “F10” to enter your BIOS setup.
b. Looking for a tab or menu relating to booting in the BIOS setup software’s opening screen. In this example, it’s simply called “BOOT,” and can be accessed by using the tab and/or arrow keys to highlight the word “BOOT” on the menu bar. Once there, hit enter, and you’ll see a submenu that’s specific to how the PC boots.
c. Using the tab and/or arrow keys,select “Hard Disk Drives”, and hit “Enter”.
d. Select the “1st Drive”, hit “Enter”.
e. Select the “USB: your USB brand”, in the example it is “USB: Kingston DTG”, and hit “Enter” to Set the USB Flash drive as the first bootable option.
f. When you’re done with the BIOS setup program, using the tab and/or arrow keys to navigate to the EXIT menu, select the option for saving the changes you just made, and then reboot. (In many BIOSes, a special key—often the F10 key—will save, exit, and reboot in one step.) . When your computer restarts, it will boot from the USB flash drive.
3. When the USB Flash Drive boots, you’ll see Windows Password Key 8.0 initializing (see screen shot below). If so, you can continue to the next step.
4. Choose the Windows installation to be processed:
5. Choose the user whose password you want to reset by typing it’s number and pressing ‘ENTER’.
6. Type ‘y’ followed by ‘ENTER’ to reset the password.
7. After you confirm the resetting of the password. Windows Password Key 8.0 asks: ‘Reset password for another account? (y/n)’. Type ‘y’ to reset password for another account, or ‘n’ if you are finished and want to exit. Remove the Windows Password Key 8.0 bootable CD/DVD and restart your PC. Now you are able to log into your computer without a password!
For more information about using a Windows Password Key 8.0 bootable USB Flash Drive
to reset windows password, Please visit:
http://www.lostwindowspassword.com/how_it_works/how_it_works_usb.htm
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Comments (16)
Hi folk,
This is a common problem that many of my friends have been getting since long.
I believe that this article will be of great help to them
Thank you.
over 2 years ago by bombermanneo
How to change/reset windows password without data loss.
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5 months ago by KingstarPeng2
A few days ago, I found the password recovery software Windows Password Seeker which has been recommended at about.com and use it to remove my lost password successfully. It is a very easy and useful utility. Just follow the step-by-step instructions at http://www.passwordseeker.com/howtouse.html
5 months ago by Bluse
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6 months ago by Anddy_2011
I found Windows Password Unlocker is a good choice.
Easy, Importantly, without data loss or reinstalling!
about 1 year ago by pdf2word
Forgeot Your Windows Password?
A lot of people think that after having lost their Windows admin password, they absolutely have
to reinstall their OS. Let me tell you something: They are wrong!
The program that I recommend is the first one, it is very easy to create a
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about 1 year ago by jamesguy
Windows Password Key is such a powerful tool, I've heard many people used it to reset the lost windows password
9 months ago by zhuismile
You can use Windows Password Killer to reset your password:
Step 1: Download and install ";Windows Password Killer"; with the available computer.Step 2: Run the program and burn a Windows Password Killer disk. It could be burned onto a CD/DVD OR USB flash drive.Step 3: Turn to your locked computer, insert the newly created CD or USB to your drive. Reboot the Computer and reset the Windows password.It is easy and safe.
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7 months ago by zhang
The first thing which you check if you forget login password. When we install Windows, it automatically creates an account “Administrator” and sets its password to blank. So if you have forget Your user account password then try this:
Start system and when you See Windows Welcome screen / Login screen, press ctrl+alt+del keys Twice and it’ll show Classic Login box. Now type “Administrator” (without quotes) in Username and leave Password field blank. Now press Enter and you should be able to log in Windows.
Now you can reset your account password from “Control Panel ->; User Accounts”.
Same thing can be done using Safe Mode. In Safe Mode Windows will show this in-built Administrator account in Login screen.
Windows XP and further versions also provide another method to recover forgotten Password by using “Recover Disk”. If you created a Password Recovery Disk in Past, you can use that disk to reset the password. To know more about It, please visit http://www.windowspasswordreset.net
about 1 year ago by hecongyan
If you don't wish to lose any data , I believe you have to use the third utility ,For example, Windows Password Seeker, The program will enable you to reset the password to blank with no -reformatting or installation. try this: http://www.windows-password-recovery.com
5 months ago by KingstarPeng2
Lost windows password is not a big problem .I realize an easy method to reset lost windows password, just need to produce a windows password reset bootable CD/DVD or USB flash drive to reset forgotten windows password,I have made a bootable USB flash generate using the tool Windows Password Recovery 9.0 and reset my administrator password successfully.
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over 2 years ago by cocosea
There is a simple and safe method to remove Windows logon Passwords required no reinstalling Windows OS and no computer skills. The software is Windows Password Reset 9.0 which has been recommend at about.com. It can recover all Windows login Password on any Windows versions. You could get back into Windows just within five minutes. It is worth a try, http://www.reset-windows-password.com
4 months ago by chenheilin
Three common and safe methods to reset your lost Windows admin password
Forgot Windows xp admin password? Don't worry!Let me show you how to recover it with three available solutions,widespread methods.Hope it can help you!By the way,I just want to say that Windows password is not security,people can use this tool to gain access whichever computer installed Windows 7/vista/xp/2008/2003/2000.
Method 1
Use the built-in administrator account which you can logon without password in safe mode.It was built when you install your system and its password default as blank.
Press ctrl+alt+delete twice in the welcome screen and you can see a classical logon dialog box,type administrator and press Enter.Or you can press F8 when you start/restart your computer to select start from safe mode.
Method 2
Use a password reset disk If you have created ever.Of course it must be created for your current password.You can find a prompt when you input a false password in the welcome screen.Clik it and follow the guide:<;a href=";http://www.daossoft.com/blog/win7-password-reset-disk.html";>;how to create Windows password reset disk<;/a>;
Method 3
If the two methods above cannot help you,you can find a recovery tool.As far as I know, there are many password tools on the network, but I have used