Jul 302012
 

More likely than not, you’ve been asked in the past to help fix one of your friend’s or colleague’s computers. I believe there are many times when their computers are locked for being passwords forgotten. We all know that Windows local password forgotten is not a big of deal, however, what if we forgot domain password, is there still any chance to rescue?

 

Good question! For a computer naïve, I’m sure domain could be something unfamiliar. So first, let’s check out what domain and domain account is on earth.

 

Definition of Domain

A Windows domain is a collection of security principles that share a central directory database. A domain does not refer to a single location or specific type of network configuration. The computers in a domain can share physical proximity on a small LAN or they can be located in different parts of the world.

 

Definition of domain account

A domain account enables the service to take full advantage of the service security features of Windows Active Directory Domain Service. The service has whatever local and network access is granted to the account or to any groups of which the account is a member.

 

After knowing that, we are ready to figure out ways when we forgot domain password.

1.    Use a domain admin account to logon to PC and reset the forgotten domain password from command prompt.

(1)  After logon to PC, go to “Start” and then enter “cmd” in the Run command box, next hit “Enter” to open command prompt.

(2)  Now type “net user” (PS. Without quotations) in the command prompt and next hit “Enter”.

(3)  Type net user “xyz Re123456” and then press “Enter”. (PS. xyz is the locked domain account, Re123456 is the new password.)

Note: “Re123456”, the new password should be in line with complexity requirements. You can find those requirements on Microsoft official web.

 

2.   Make use of Tenorshare Windows Password Resetter Professional to rescue what you forgot the domain password or forgot domain admin password.

If there is no other domain account existed, then you have to use a third party program. Here I take Tenorshare Windows Password Resetter Professional for example. Below are the detailed instructions.

Step1: Download Tenorshare Windows Password Resetter Professional online and then install, run it on any accessible PC.

Step2: Insert the prepared CD/DVD/USB to computer for burning the Windows Password Resetter Professional ISO image file into it.

Step3: After the burning process finishes, you just take out of your newly burned device and insert it to your locked computer.

Step4: Start the locked computer and set it boot from CD/DVD/USB Flash Drive. After setting done, reboot the computer, you will see the interface of Tenorshare Windows Password Resetter Professional.

Step5: Select Windows installation in which you would like to remove password from. Then choose the domain account whose password you want to change. Remove domain password simply by clicking “Reset” icon in the interface.

forgot domain password

Step6: Next, you will get a message “Remove the password successfully”, click “OK” to close the pop-up message window and then click “Reboot” to finish all the process.

 

That’s all what I’ve got to rescue a domain account with password forgotten. Welcome your suggestions!

Jul 272012
 

What’s your opinion on Windows Vista password reset if you forgot the password for the user account on your PC? Any good ideas will be warmly welcome to share with all people who are interested or in need.

 

Well, in my opinion, the easiest way to reset Windows Vista password is to use a previously created password-reset disk. If you got no idea about such a magic reset disk, then let’s learn how to make it and how to use it to reset forgotten or lost Windows Vista password together.

 

How to make Windows Vista password reset disk before the password is forgotten or lost?

Step1: Go to “Start>>Control Panel>>User Accounts and Family Safety>>User Accounts”.

Step2: Click once on the “Create a Password Reset Disk” link under the “Task” section of the “User Accounts” window. Later, it will pop up the “Forgotten Password Wizard” window. Then click “Next” go on.

Step3: Insert an empty CD/DVD/USB to your PC and then click “Next” to proceed.

Step4: Now it will pop up the “Forgotten Password Wizard”, in the following steps, you can just follow what the wizard says. When finished, just take out the disk.

 

How to use the previously created password reset disk to recover forgotten Vista password?

1. In the Windows Login Screen, after you type your username and forgotten password in the columns, a message “Password incorrect” will show, you then just click “Ok” to close the message.
2. Insert your early created password reset disk and then click on “Reset password” option to open Password Reset Wizard. Click next button to continue.
3. Select the password reset disk from the drop down box. Click “Next” to proceed to the next step.
4. Enter a new password and then type password again to confirm.
5. Click the next button and then click “Finish” button to close the wizard.
6. Now enter a new password for your user account.

 

How to reset Windows Vista password when it is already forgotten or lost without a previously created password reset disk

What if your computer has already been locked, but you didn’t create a password reset disk before. Then what the solution would be? Well, don’t worry, just follow the below steps, you will totally get it.

Step1: Find a credible password reset tool through the Internet.

Step2: Here I trust Tenorshare Windows Password Resetter program and decide to use it. So first download, save it into an accessible computer.

Step3: Burn .iso file into a blank CD/DVD/USB Flash Driver (here we will take CD as example), click the CD icon to select your target CD disc.

Step4: Click “Burn” icon to burn the program ISO image file into that blank device. In the pop-up window, select “Yes” to go on burning.

Step5: Insert the newly burned CD into the target computer, and set computer boot from CD-ROM. Next, reboot the computer.

Step6: Start to reset or remove local password with the burned device. In less than 2 minutes, you will re-gain access to your PC again with the new password or without entering a password.

reset Windows Vista password

Additionally, this tool can also help you create a new administrator account with password protected on your computer if you like. Well, that’s all I’ve got on how to reset Windows Vista password. If you have other better suggestion, just leave us your idea and share with us!

Jul 262012
 

How to remove Windows password when you forgot it? I believe this has long been a great concern for many people. We all know there are many versions of Windows Operating Systems, and so far they range from Windows XP, Vista, Win7, Win8 to Windows Server 2000, 2003, 2008 etc. For sure there is tiny difference between each version of Windows password recovery or removing. Here I am willing to show you how to remove Windows Server 2008 password when you lost it.

 

Option1: Remove Windows Server 2008 password with default administrator.

(Note: This option is not suitable for domain controller.)

We all know Microsoft leaves a default Administrator with blank password disabled during your installation of Windows Server 2008. If you haven’t set a password for it, then you can try this way to remove Windows Server 2008 password. Please follow the below:

  1. Start your PC, and wait until it displays Windows Welcome Screen/Windows Login Screen.
  2. Press “CTRL+ALT+DEL” twice. Then in the username box enter “Administrator” and leave the password box blank.

After finishing the above steps, you now can successfully access to PC. So next you can remove the forgotten Windows Server 2008 password from “Start->Control Panel -> User Accounts”.

 

Option2: Make best use of Windows Password Resetter Professional.

When the default administrator cannot help you solve the problem, you can try some credible and effective password recovery tools like Windows Password Resetter Professional. This amazing tool cannot only help you remove or reset the local password on Windows Server 2008, but also the domain password. Following are the specific operations.

Step1: Download Windows Password Resetter Professional and then install, run it on an accessible computer, not the already locked one.

Step2: Insert a blank and writable CD/DVD/USB Flash Drive to the computer, and burn the Windows Password Resetter Professional ISO image file to it. When burning is finished, just take the device out.

Step3: Insert the newly burned CD/DVD/USB to the target computer, set the PC boot from CD/DVD or USB.

Step4: After the computer reboots, you then can remove Windows Server 2008 password with the pop-up interface. Just choose the user account whose password you want to remove, then simply click “Reset” button, finally reboot your PC, then the lost Windows Server 2008 password will be reset or removed successfully.

remove Windows Server 2008 password

The whole operation won’t cost you even 5 minutes at most to remove the forgotten Windows Server 2008 password, why not take a try? It is really worth the attempt.

Jul 252012
 

Most of people in the world are using computers based on Windows OS. In this information age, people are very cautious about their private information. A very good way to protect others against accessing your personal information is to password-protect it. However, with so many passwords we have to remember, sometimes we find it easy to forget them. For different types of passwords, we have various ways to get them back. In this article, we are going to discuss how to remove Windows password.

 

Do you know that Windows supports using passwords of up to 127 characters? You may not know yet. These days, Windows password can be cracked in no more than a few seconds if it is set too simple. Therefore, many computer users use password phrases, complicated combinations, and long characters while they are setting or changing their Windows password. However, in the same time they may not even notice that someday they will forget the password in a second. If that really happens, then what should be done to remove the forgotten Windows password?

 

If you are using Windows XP, you can remove your forgotten Windows XP password with some tricky keys.

In all Windows OS-based computers, there is a built-in Administrator account with highest privilege over the whole PC. In Windows XP, this admin is hidden and non-password protected. While in Vista or Windows 7, it is disabled but non-password protected either. Therefore, in Windows XP, we can easily unhide this magic admin account by using 3 keys to reset lost Windows password. Now follow me to unhide the account:

Step1: Start your XP computer and then press “Ctrl+Alt+Delete” twice at Windows Login Screen.

Step2: Type “Administrator” without quotations in the username box and leave password box blank. Then hit “Enter” to log onto Windows system.

Step3: Go to “Start->Control Panel->User Accounts” to reset XP password.

If you failed to remove Windows password with the 3 tricky keys or if you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, you can still use Tenorshare Windows Password Resetter to remove lost password.

If the above method can’t help, you should never lose your heart to rescue your locked computer. Good news is that this tool – Tenorshare Windows Password Resetter can help you a lot. This tool has 3 versions: Standard, Professional, and Enterprise version. For personal computer users, Standard edition of Windows Password Resetter is enough. Now, follow the below steps to get to know how to use this tool to remove Windows password:

Step1: Download, install and launch Windows Password Resetter Standard to an accessible PC.

Step2: Insert a blank CD or USB to the PC, click the CD/USB icon to select your target CD/USB and begin burning a password reset disk on it.

remove windows password

Step3: Take out the burned disk and insert it to the target/locked PC to boot it from CD-ROM or USB flash drive.

Step4: When the computer boots up with a new interface of Windows Password Resetter Standard, you only a slight click on “Reset” after selecting the account you want to crack password for. Next reboot the computer. Then wait…When the PC boots up, you will be allowed to enter to your computer without any password.

Jul 242012
 

Forgot Vista password? Not fear too much as you may find effective shortcuts to get it back. I will lead you through the steps of password recovery if you have forgotten or lost your Vista password on your machine.

 

Before we figure out ways to get the lost password back, first you’d better ask yourself some questions like:

  1. Are you sure you can’t remember and you forgot the password completely? Have you thought of every combination which would probably be your Vista password such as specific date, names, places etc.?
  2. Still can’t remember after a series of guessing and recalling? Okay, nothing serious, please don’t feel uneasy or panic. Go on ask yourself…
  3. Is the inaccessible user account an administrator account or a standard user on your computer? If it is a standard user, you can easily get back its forgotten password with other inaccessible administrator account. If it is an administrator account which you are not able to access into now, as long as one of the other available users on your computer is with administrative privileges, you can use this login to help you reset the forgotten password easily from Control Panel.
  4. If the locked user account is the single user on your computer or if you failed to reset your forgotten user password from other available user accounts, then you are truly in a pickle.

forgot Windows Vista password

Well, so much for the questions needed to be made clear before resetting the forgotten Vista password. Now let’s reset Vista password with Tenorshare Windows Password Resetter , a tool which is designed particularly for computer users who have lost or forgotten for any reason. I have great confidence in this tool since it has been named as one of the best Windows password reset tools. And as a professional third party application, Windows Password Resetter is with highly advanced technique so that it can be pretty efficiently for Vista password recovery. Follow the below steps and you will see everything.

Step1. Download.

(http://www.tenorshare.com/downloads/tenorshare-windows-password-resetter.exe)

From the above site you can free download this tool—Windows Password Resetter.

Step2: Burn a bootable CD. This step means we need to burn the downloaded ISO file of Windows Password Resetter into a CD. To make it, first find a blank CD. Next just burn the ISO file to the empty CD on an accessible computer. For those people who are not familiar with burning ISO image file, please take a reference from this site:

http://www.tenorshare.com/products/windows-password-resetter-howtouse.html

When the ISO file burning process finishes, you just eject the CD.

Step3: Use the burned bootable CD to reset Windows Vista Password.

This comes to the final step. Now please first insert the burned CD to the target Vista computer and set this PC boot from CD-ROM in BIOS. Next, you can see the tool——Windows Password Resetter initializing. Then please just follow the wizard on the interface to easily reset or remove the forgotten Windows Vista password step by step.

Jul 202012
 

Millions of people are using or were using Windows XP computer today or in the past. I believe many of them have a good habit of protecting their computer with password. I admit password-protecting Windows XP is quite a good practice of security awareness, however, in today’s world, so many passwords require people to remember. Thus forgetting Windows XP password turns a more and more common problem and issues on how to reset Forgotten XP admin password become pretty hot.

Forgetting Windows XP password and being locked out of the XP machine is surely quite frustrating. However, if you get the exact and right way to reset the forgotten XP password, your depression will soon get lost. Here in this article I will show you an effective way to reset Windows XP password.

Reset XP password with Windows Password Resetter

Windows Password Resetter, a trusted-name in lost or forgotten Windows password recovery, can easily and quickly help you reset the lost Windows XP, Vista, Win7 and even Win 8 password so that to reset your blocked computer. It works through creating a bootable password reset disk on a CD/DVD or USB flash drive to reset a lost password.

Now get Windows Password Resetter

How to create a bootable password reset disk with Windows Password Resetter?

  • Step1. Install and launch this program on an accessible computer.
  • Step2. Insert an empty and writable CD/DVD or USB flash drive into the computer with Windows Password Resetter installed.
  • Step3. Follow the wizard on the interface of the program to burn an XP password reset disk. When the burning process finishes, just remove the disk from the PC.

How to use the bootable disk created by Windows Password Resetter to reset Windows XP password?

  • Step1. Now insert the burned disk to the target XP computer.
  • Step2. Start the computer and press F12, Del or F2 to enter into BIOS. Next, you will reach BIOS SETUP UTILITY>>Boot Device Priority, and just choose CD-ROM or USB and then make it as “1st Boot Device” by moving the cursor. In the end, just click F10 to save the settings and then exit. Then, the computer will reboot automatically.
  • Step3. When the PC boots up, Windows Password Resetter Professional will be initializing with all the user names on the computer displayed. Then, just choose my password-forgotten account and type “y” to reset or reset XP admin password.

Now, you can freely logon to XP without a password.

Jul 202012
 

Forgot laptop Windows 7 password

I got a brand new Windows laptop, installed the operating system, created one account but several days ago I forgot its password and I’ve already tried to remember passwords and tried all candidates with all possible combinations Caps Lock, Num Lock, etc, but all failed. I did have no idea of what I should do or what I can do then.

The best way to reset lost Windows 7 password

One day, when I was wandering about the Internet at home, all of a sudden an article titled as: using the best way to reset forgotten Windows 7 password, came into my view. Yes, this was exactly what I’ve been looking for all these days. With hope and curiosity, I went to read over the article very thoughtfully. Later, I tried the way introduced in that article and succeeded in gaining access to my laptop again. Now I’d like to share with you how I’ve made it.

How to reset Windows 7 password with Windows Password Recovery Professional

Well, first I downloaded a program called Tenorshare Windows Password Resetter. Of course, my new Windows 7 machine cannot let me to download something. But my little young brother had a Windows XP machine. So I borrowed his PC and additionally I also found an empty USB flash drive because this program creates a bootable password reset disk on a CD/DVD or USB flash drive to reset the lost password. And these are preparations for forgotten Windows 7 password reset. Don’t worry about the operation of this program. For the following processes, they are also simple, with 3 steps only. Please follow below to proceed:

Step1: Create a bootable USB flash drive.

After I downloaded the program to my brother’s laptop, I quickly installed and launched it. Next, I inserted a black USB flash drive to this laptop. Soon the PC showed the below interface:
After selecting “USB Flash Drive”, just click “Burn” to start creating a bootable password reset disk. When the burning process finishes, take out the USB from the PC.

Step2: Boot and access to my locked Windows 7 laptop.

Now insert the bootable USB into my locked Windows 7 machine and start it immediately in order to enter to BISO and set the PC boot from USB flash drive there. After that, press F10 to save and exit. Next, the laptop will reboot automatically.

Step3: Remove forgot laptop password Windows 7.

After laptop boots up, Tenorshare Windows Password Resetter initializing with all the user names on my laptop displayed. Then, I just chose my password-forgotten account and typed “y” to reset its password. With less than 1 minute, I got a message “Reset password for another account?”, then I soon typed “n” and rebooted my laptop, this time I didn’t logon with a password.

That’s all I got for lost Windows 7 password reset. Hope it could be any help for you.

Jul 162012
 

I can’t remember Windows Vista password in my laptop!!! Both of the accounts are admin, and I can’t remember both of them (only using one of them). I now cannot access to my PC. Anyone could help me solve the problem?

Reset Vista Password

What’s your idea assuming you can’t remember password on your Vista computer? Using the recovery disc provided by the computer producer to reinstall Vista and restore the machine into its very initial state (as it was when it left the factory)? This might be an efficient way to let you access to your computer again. However, you’ll probably lose everything on the machine if you didn’t backup on another medium.

Thankfully, I now have collected several smart tricks to reset the forgotten Vista password besides reinstalling Vista. Actually, these are not real ways for you to reset the Vista password, but ways to change or remove the forgotten password directly.

Change forgotten Windows Vista password with the secret hidden administrator account.
In Windows Vista, there is a secret built-in administrator account. Some people may not know it yet because this account is disabled and hidden without password protected under most circumstances by default. If the last local administrator account on your Vista machine is inadvertently locked, you now can unhide this disabled built-in administrator account to logon for disaster recovery. Now, follow the below steps:

  • Firstly, you start your computer and press “Ctrl+Alt+Delete” twice at the Login Screen.
  • Secondly, you just type Administrator in the username box and leave the password box blank.
  • Thirdly, you hit Enter key and then log into Windows system.
  • Finally, you go to “Start->Control Panel->User Accounts” to change the forgotten Vista password.

Remove Vista password directly with Windows Password Cracker.
If you are not lucky enough to succeed in changing password with the above way, probably because you set a password for the secret admin account but later you just can’t remember it. Don’t worry, you still have other feasible way, probably much better, to help you rescue the locked computer. Well, you just need to find another accessible computer and get program—Windows Password Cracker, then the forgotten Vista password will be quickly removed by this program automatically.
Now get Windows Password Cracker.

  • Step1: Install and launch the program-Windows Password Cracker to the accessible PC.
  • Step2: Burn a Vista password reset disk on an empty CD/DVD with the program.
  • Step3: Remove the forgotten Vista password with the burned disk.

That’s all for 2 smart ways to troubleshoot the problem when you can’t remember Vista password.