Bootable USB flash drive for Windows 10 password reset. How to easily reset a forgotten password in any version of Windows
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In Windows 8, 7 and 10, you can protect your account. This way no stranger will enter there. But what if you forgot your password? Or did you purchase a computer that already has an account? In Win, you cannot restore your account using email. The code will not be sent via SMS. But there is no need to format the disk. Resetting Windows 7 password via USB flash drive is the solution to the problem.
If you forgot your Windows password, no problem.
- Suitable for this UltraISO program. You can use another utility if you wish.
- Find it online and download it. The application is paid. But there is a trial version.
- Insert the drive.
- Launch the program.
- "File - Open". Select ISO file.
- Go to the “Boot” menu and click on “Burn Hard Disk Image”.
- In the "DiskDrive" section, select USB storage device.
- Next, you can format it if you haven’t done so before. The flash drive must be in
- "FAT32".
- Click on “Record”. The system will warn you that all data from the drive will be deleted. Confirm the action.
- Wait while the files are copied.
Replacing files
To remove a Windows 10, 8 or 7 password, enter recovery mode, and through it, enter the command line.
- Set in BIOS external storage to boot priority.
- Once launched, the installation wizard will open.
- Choose language.
- Click on "System Restore". Do not click on "Install".
- A list of OSes will appear. Mark the one for which you cannot remember the code.
- In recovery options, click on “Command Prompt”. Now you see white font on a black background.
- Create backup copy"Utilman.exe" - enter "copy [System drive]:\Windows\system32\sethc.exe [System drive]:\File". The file will be copied to the "File" folder.
- Now replace it with “copy [System-drive]:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe [System-drive]:\Windows\System32\Utilman.exe”.
- The system will ask you to confirm the action. Write "Y" if you agree.
- Once the file has copied, click Reboot and remove the drive.
- In the BIOS, return to the previous settings. Now you can start the OS.
Reset
- When you log in to your account, open " Special abilities"(button below left).
- But the command line will start.
- To reset your Windows password, enter “net user [Username] [New Code].” If there is a space in the name or cipher, enclose it in quotation marks.
- If you want to remove the code, put two quotes without any characters between them.
- Restart your computer again and calmly log into your account.
- Return the "Utilman.exe" file. Boot from the flash drive again, open recovery mode and command prompt. Write in it “move [System drive]:\File\Utilman.exe [System drive]:\Windows\System32\Utilman.exe”
If you cannot log into your Win account, this does not mean that you have lost all user data. In Windows XP, 7, 8, 10, resetting a password from a flash drive is a very simple task. Although this has its downsides. It turns out that anyone can log into the account. Protect your personal information in several ways - not just with the code in your account.
Hello friends! I've been wanting to tell you for a long time, Howhack admin password in windows 10 using one cool program called Active Password Changer.
How to Crack the Administrator Password on Windows 10 Using Active Password Changer
Laptops are often brought to me at work, the owners of which simply forgot their password to enter the operating system and now do not know what to do. In this case, the problem can be solved in several ways, for example: use a bootable USB flash drive with the program Lazesoft Recovery Suite Home, or boot laptop from installation Windows disk 10 and using the boot environment and command line create another user with administrator rights and log in, there are several more ways, if interested, read ours, but today I will offer you an even simpler method.
The Active Password Changer program itself paid, but the author is a kind person,"sewed up" to the installer image BootDiskDOS.ISO with which you can reset forgotten password administrator in Windows 7, 8.1, 10 operating systems, you just need to create bootable USB flash drive I will also show you how to do this.
In short, you can do this, follow the link to the official website of the Active Password Changer program
http://www.password-changer.com/
download it and install it,
and then take the image in the program’s personal folder BootDiskDOS.ISO and make a bootable USB flash drive from it, but I wouldn’t download and install the program just because of this, since The demo version will not crack your password for free, but will only demonstrate hacking.
You can do it easier, download BootDiskDOS.ISO on my o black
The ISO image itself weighs only 1.53 MB.
We create a bootable USB flash drive from it using the program.
Let's launch the program. At the very top, in the list, select our flash drive.
Put a tick on the item Auto format it with FBinst and mark the item NTFS.
Check the box Linux ISO/Other Grub4dos compatible ISO and click on button on the right,
An explorer window opens, in which you need to find the BootDiskDOS.ISO image, select it with the left mouse and click “OK”.
"OK"
We are warned that all files on the flash drive will be deleted (if you want to create a bootable flash drive without deleting files on it, then read this).
We agree “Yes”
The bootable USB flash drive is ready.
We boot our computer from this flash drive with installed Windows 10, on which we forgot the administrator password.
In the boot menu, select our flash drive.
Press “Enter” on the keyboard.
If we want to reset the password, then press on the keyboard “ 0 »
Windows stores all passwords in LM hash or NTLM hash format in a special file called SAM(Security Accounts Manager (SAM).
We start searching for the SAM file - click on the “ 2 " and then "Enter".
Active Password Changer begins searching for a SAM file with password hashes on your hard drive.
SAM file found, click"Enter" on the keyboard.
The program found in the SAM file under number “1” my account with the name"Alex".
Press “1” and “Enter” on the keyboard
In the next window, the program by default offers to remove the password from the selected one account.
Click "Y".
Password reset.
And we enter the operating system without a password.
This happens: when you try to log in to Windows 10, a notification appears that the password is incorrect, and the system does not allow the user to access the desktop. Let's look at how to reset the password on Windows 10 without reinstalling operating system. You should first make sure that:
- the Caps Lock key is activated or, conversely, inactive (check the button indicator on the keyboard);
- Switch the keyboard layout to the correct one and make sure that it does not automatically switch to the default input language installed on the system.
If you are convinced that you are entering the correct characters, but nothing helps, proceed to resetting the password.
The method is relevant exclusively for users who work at a computer from under Microsoft account. If such an account does not exist or the password is not suitable for a local user, proceed to the next section.
1. To reset your password, follow this link: https://account.live.com/resetpassword.aspx in any browser.
We choose a more suitable option (it’s best to stop at the first one, so you can quickly begin the procedure of replacing the sequence of characters to protect your account).
The next step is to enter the phone or email associated with your account.
Resetting the password using bootable media with Windows 10 distribution
This option is provided for local account holders. We will use the official installation image recorded on a flash drive (although the LiveCD option with the appropriate set of options is also not bad).
1. If you have a disk/flash drive, connect the media and reboot, otherwise we are looking for an opportunity to create a bootable drive with the Windows 10 distribution itself.
2. Start the system from the installation disk via Boot Menu BIOS.
3. Specify the language and accept the terms of use of the software.
4. In the window with the “Install” icon, press the “Shift + F10” keys to open the command line window.
It happens that the last operation does not lead to anything, if this happens, click “System Restore”.
- Click “Next”, then again click on the “System Restore” icon.
- Select the item responsible for detecting and eliminating faults.
- Click "Advanced options".
- In the menu, select the “Command Line” launch option.
5. Find out the letter identifier of the volume with the operating system.
Usually, this is the letter C\, but due to the presence of several hundred megabyte partitions on the disk, the label in this launch mode may appear differently.
We launch the disk utility diskpart by executing the command of the same name.
We execute “list volume” to visualize information about the partitions.
Based on the volume and name of the partition, we draw a conclusion about the letter label of the system volume.
Exit the diskpart program by executing “exit”.
6. Execute the command “ move c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe c:\windows\system32\utilman2.exe» to rename a service file that provides accessibility features on the lock screen.
7. Then enter the line “ copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe"replace the utility with the command line.
8. Execute “shutdown /r” or close all windows to restart the PC.
9. On the lock screen, launch the “Accessibility” utility to open the command line (this was done in steps 6-7).
10. Enter “net user Administrator / active: yes” into the command line to obtain administrator privileges in the system.
Activation of an account with unlimited rights in the operating system is necessary to call the Computer Management utility and work with the registry using it
11. After successful completion of operations, the “Administrator” icon will appear in the lower left corner. Click on this icon to log in to the system with the appropriate privileges, which does not require entering a password.
The first login from your newly activated account may take a little longer than usual, so be patient.
12. Using the context menu or the Win+X key combination, call up the menu of the same name and select the “Computer Management” item.
This will launch a Windows 10 snap-in designed to perform actions on the system that require special privileges (they have been obtained).
13. Expand the first branch vertical menu left.
14. Open “Users” in the “Local Users” directory.
15. Through context menu in your account, call the command to specify a password.
16. Take note of the contents of the next information window and click “Continue”.
17. Enter a new combination of characters to protect your local account and confirm it.
This concludes the instructions on the topic: How to reset the administrator password, but it is strongly recommended to restore the system to its original form.
18. Disable the administrator account by executing “net user Administrator /active:no” on the command line (launched via Win→X).
19. We return the launch of the “Special Features” utility.
Open the system32 directory in Windows folder and erase the utilman.exe file, then delete the two from the name utilman2.exe. If it was not possible to perform actions through Explorer (the operating system denied access), the same can be done through the command line. We launch it and execute the following commands in the same sequence:
del C:\Windows\System32\utilman.exe
move C:\Windows\System32\utilman2.exe C:\Windows\System32\utilman.exe
If unsuccessful, you must start again in recovery mode (steps 1-4).
Now you can work, and if necessary, quickly recover your lost password or gain access to another computer (only the password will have to be deleted or changed).
The same thing, but through the registry
1. Launch from the installation drive.
2. Calling the environment Windows recovery using the combination “Shift” + F10.”
3. Run “regedit”.
4. Go to the “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” branch.
5. Call the “Load hive” command via the context menu or the “File” item.
6. Open a document called System, located along the path System32\config in the folder with the operating system.
7. Enter the Latin name of the bush and press “Enter”.
8. Go to the new HKLM branch and select Setup.
9. In the right frame, replace the key value from “CmdLine” with the string parameter “cmd.exe”.
10. Double-click on “SetupType” and enter its value as “2”.
11. Reboot.
12. After loading the lock screen, a familiar command line window will appear, where you need to execute a command like: “net user user password”, where instead of “user” we enter the account name, followed by a space – the new password.
13. Execute “exit” and reboot the computer.
The advantage of the method is that all parameters are restored automatically the next time the operating system is booted.
Sometimes a situation may arise when you need to remove your Windows login password. This may be necessary when the user has forgotten the Windows password and needs to remove the Windows password or when other emergency situations arise. We often receive questions: how to remove the password when logging into Windows, how to remove the password in Window, how to reset the Windows password on a laptop or computer. There are several ways to remove the password when logging into Windows. An easy way to reset your Windows password is to remove your password from Windows login using the program. In this article we will tell you how to quickly and easily remove a login password for Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7 using a program that is distributed free of charge and can be freely downloaded on the program developer’s website.
Password reset program for Windows
As mentioned above, you can reset your Windows login password different ways including by downloading installation disk and using the command line, while they are quite complex for the average user. Easier to use to reset your account password in Windows bootable CD/ DVD disc or flash drive, which are created using special programs. There are several programs for removing passwords on Windows, but almost all of them are paid and their cost is quite high. To solve the problem of resetting your Windows login password, the program compares favorably with other programs Free Windows Password Recovery - Lazesoft Recover My Password Home Edition, which can be freely downloaded from the program developer's website and used by home users. The program is easy to install, has a convenient and clear interface. There is no Russian language in the program, for those who have not studied much English language its use will not cause problems. Using the program you can reset the password in Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10. The program supports 32-bit and 64-bit Windows versions. In addition to resetting the password, using the program you can perform other manipulations with administrator and user accounts on the computer. The program was tested by the authors of the article to reset the administrator password on a computer running Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7. In all cases, the passwords were successfully removed and access to the computer was opened.
How to use a program to reset your Windows login password
First you need to download the program from the official website and install it on the computer on which a bootable CD/DVD disk or bootable USB drive will be created. If you are creating a CD/DVD disc, your computer or laptop must have a CD/DVD drive. There is no need for a disc burning program; Lazesoft Recover My Password Home Edition burns discs with its built-in tools. After downloading the program, you need to install it on your computer. Installing the program is standard and will not cause any difficulties if the user has at least once installed any program on the computer before. The program contains reference guide in English.
Let's launch the program. Next, the program asks you to select the Windows version of the target computer (the computer on which the login password will be removed). When testing the program, we did not select the Windows version and left this setting unchanged, as in the picture below (Do not specify the operating system version of the target computer). With this setup, we were able to remove login passwords for Windows 10, 8.1, 7 64-bit without any problems. Perhaps the choice of operating system is important for other manipulations with accounts that the program allows you to do. Click NEXT and move on.
Next, we choose on what media we will create the boot disk. If we create a boot disk on a CD/DVD disc, select CD/DVD, as in the figure below. The program itself will determine the disc writing speed. You can manually reduce the speed so that the disc is recorded at a higher quality.
If you are creating a bootable usb media, select USB Flash, as in the picture below. The program will select the drive letter that is displayed in the system for the removable media (H in the picture, yours may be different). If you have several removable media connected to your computer, you need to select the one on which the bootable USB media will be created.
You can also create a disk image by selecting ISO Image, which can then be burned to disk on another computer using a disk burning program or used to create a multiboot flash drive. Next, click Start and get a ready-made bootable CD or DVD, depending on the disc used (196 MB is removed from the CD without any problems) or bootable usb flash drive.
After this, you need to set the BOOT section in the BIOS of your computer or laptop to boot from a CD/DVD drive or USB. In some laptops and computers, you can call up the Boot Devace Option with a separate key (which you need to look at in the instructions for your computer or laptop). We select the required device and boot the computer or laptop from the one we created boot disk.
New laptops and computers may have problems booting from a disk or flash drive due to the secure boot option in the BIOS, which prevents the computer from booting from other devices. To solve this problem, you need to disable secure boot in the BIOS and enable Legacy Support. After this, the laptop or computer can be booted from other devices. When the password is reset, you can return the original settings in the BIOS.
After we have configured booting from our media, we boot the computer from the disk we created. When loading, a choice appears, in our case we select Live CD, when loading from a flash drive we select USB.
The program begins to load, we see the loading process on the screen.
After loading, it starts from the Windows disk and we see this picture. The Reset Windows Password task is selected, click NEXT
The program asks us if we are using it for non-commercial purposes and tells us that for commercial use we must purchase a license. Click Yes (use for non-commercial purposes).
A window like this appears, the program searches for accounts on the computer.
There is one administrator account on this computer, Account Name 1. This window will display all existing accounts on the computer. Select the account for which you want to reset the password and click Next.
A window appears displaying the password reset.
After the password is reset, we are taken to a menu where we can open file manager or reset the password on another computer account.
To exit the program, click the Start button, then Shut Down Computer
The program asks for exit confirmation, click OK. The computer turns off.
After exiting the program, remove the boot disk or flash drive from the computer and configure boot from hard drive computer. That's it, the login password has been removed, the computer boots and does not require a password to log into the user account.
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And the old woman gets into trouble...
Many users still like to protect their computers with passwords (even if there is nothing valuable on them). There are often cases when the password is simply forgotten (and even the hint that Windows always recommends creating does not help you remember). In such cases, some users reinstall Windows (those who know how to do this) and continue working, while others ask the first to help...
In this article I want to show a simple and (most importantly) quick way resetting the administrator password in Windows 10. No special PC skills, any complex programs, etc. are required!
The method is relevant for Windows 7, 8, 10.
What do you need to start the reset?
Just one thing - the installation flash drive (or disk) from which your Windows OS was installed. If there is none, you will need to write it down (for example, on your second computer, or on the computer of a friend, neighbor, etc.).
At an important moment! If your OS is Windows 10, then you need a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 10!
In order not to describe here a voluminous guide to creating bootable media, I will provide links to my previous articles, where the most popular options are discussed. If you don’t have such an installation flash drive (disk), I recommend getting one, you will need it from time to time (and not just for resetting your password!).
Creating a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 10 -
How to create a bootable USB flash drive with Windows 7, 8 -
Burning a boot disk -
WITH throw administrator password in Windows 10 (step by step)
1) Boot from the installation flash drive (disk)
To do this, you may need to go into the BIOS and set the appropriate settings. There is nothing complicated about this; as a rule, you just need to indicate which disk to boot from (example in Fig. 1).
I will provide a couple of links to my articles if anyone has any difficulties.
Setting up BIOS to boot from a flash drive:
2) Open the system recovery partition
If everything was done correctly in the previous step, a window should appear Windows installations. There is no need to install anything - there is a link “ System Restore“, which is where you need to go.
4) Additional parameters
Then open the section with additional parameters.
Rice. 4. Additional options
5) Command line
After this, launch the command line.
6) Copy CMD file
The essence of what needs to be done now: copy the CMD (command line) file instead of the file that is responsible for sticky keys ( The sticky keys feature on the keyboard is useful for those people who, for some reason, cannot press several buttons at the same time. By default, you need to press it 5 times to open it. Shift key. Many users 99.9% do not need this function).
In order to do this, it is enough to enter just one command (see Fig. 7): copy D:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe D:\Windows\system32\sethc.exe /Y
Note: the drive letter “D” will be relevant if you have Windows installed on drive “C” (i.e. the most common default installation). If everything went as it should, you will see a message that “Copied files: 1”.
Rice. 7. Copy CMD file instead of sticky keys.
After this, you need to restart the computer (the installation flash drive is no longer needed, it must be removed from the USB port).
7) Creating a second administrator
The easiest way to reset your password is to create a second administrator, then log in to Windows as that administrator - and you can do whatever you want...
After you restart your PC, Windows will ask you for a password again, you instead press the Shift key 5-6 times- a window with a command line should appear (if everything was done correctly before).
Then enter the command to create the user: net user admin2 /add (where admin2 is the account name, can be anything).
Note: after each command, “Command completed successfully” should appear. After entering these 2 commands, you need to restart the computer.
Rice. 7. Creating a second user (administrator)
After restarting the computer, in the lower left corner (in Windows 10), you will see a new user created, and you need to log in under it!
Actually, this concludes the mission to log into Windows for which the password was lost - completed successfully! Only the final touch remains, more on that below...
How to remove the password from the old administrator account
Simple enough! First you need to open panel Windows management
, then go to “ Administration"(to see the link, turn on small icons in the control panel, see Fig. 9) and open the section " 
I guess that not everyone may like this method (after all, there are all sorts of programs for automatic reset. I talked about one of them in this article:). Although this method is very simple, universal and reliable, it does not require any skills - you only need to enter 3 commands...
This article is completed, good luck :)