Windows 7: how to reset the administrator password on a laptop?

Working every day at a personal computer, we remember and enter dozens of passwords. It can be codes for games or a mailbox, an entrance to the OS and many other data that you need to keep in mind. If you went on vacation, and when you returned a month later, you suddenly discovered that you forgot the password from your computer, then this article is for you. So, Windows 7 is installed on your PC. How to reset the administrator password?

Security

First of all, think about how well you are good at computers. If you are only capable of launching a PC and opening a browser / solitaire, then believe me, you better not get into the wilds and leave the case to professionals. Any damage that you inflict on a computer or laptop will automatically void its warranty, and in the event of a more serious breakdown, you may well be denied a free service. Also keep in mind that if you intend to hack someone else’s computer, then this is a criminal offense, so everything you do is at your own risk.

Simplest method

Suppose you have a desktop computer running Windows 7. How to reset the administrator password? In some cases, the following option helps. You need to disconnect the PC from the network. Then you should unscrew the cover of the system unit. On the motherboard, you need to find the tablet battery and take it out for a few seconds, and then put it back. What will it give? Many temporary settings of the personal computer, such as time, date, will be reset. Temporary Internet files , BIOS password, and user accounts may disappear. Unfortunately, this method does not always work, and physical penetration into the bowels of the computer is 100% the option at which the warranty is canceled.

Installation disk

If the previous method did not help you or you decided not to use it, then the installation disk with the operating system will help you reset the Windows 7 administrator password on the laptop. The fact is that, according to the logic of Microsoft, if you have such a disk, then you are a programmer. Therefore, when installing the operating system , you will have advanced rights to manage. So, there are two ways for Windows 7. How to reset the administrator password? Read on.

On any Windows operating system, especially on home computers, there is a hidden administrator account that does not have a password by default. Our task is to connect to it and from there to edit other "accounts" and passwords to them. The first way could be this.

1. We insert the installation disk into the computer, when turned on, go to the OS installation.
2. On the very first screen, press Shift + F10 to turn on the command line.
3. We start the registry with the regedit command.
4. In the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE section, select the menu item "Unload a bush" and specify the path to the SAM file - / Windows / System32 / config. We register any name of the created branch.
5. In the appeared "bush", we find SAM / Domains / Account / Users / 000001F4. We need to fix key F.
6. Double-click on it, and a table of memory cells will open in front of us. In line 0038, in the first column, you need to change the value 11 -> 10.
7. Without touching anything else, we exit and save.
8. Select our "bush" in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE branch and select the "file" - "unload the bush". We confirm.

Now you can restart the computer by pulling out the installation disk before this. You should have an administrator account, by logging in to which you can edit any passwords on the accounts.

Cunning

This is the second way to "hack" Windows 7. How to reset the administrator password with the installation disk on hand? To do this, repeat the first two points described in the previous method. Only instead of entering the registry do the following.

1. We hope you remember on which drive you have the operating system installed. If not, enter the command "dir C: \". You will see a table with folders on the disk. If you saw Windows among them, then this is what we need.
2. Now we need to copy the file - "copy C: \ windows \ system32 \ sethc.exe C: \".
3. Instead, create another one that opens the command line - "copy C: \ windows \ system32 \ cmd.exe C: \ windows \ system32 \ sethc.exe".
4. Now restart the computer. In the user selection menu, when it is necessary to enter a password, quickly and many times press the keys "Ctrl / Alt / Shift".
5. As intended, the sticky keys function should have turned on , but due to the fact that we changed the code in the file, the command line will start.
6. We enter the command "net user username new_password".

Thus, we can change the password at any time. This method is good because once you change the specified file, you can no longer use the installation disk. But what if you did not have it from the beginning? How to reset a Windows 7 administrator password without a disk?

3rd party utility

Typically, sellers of computers and laptops do not ship disks with operating systems. We overpay for buying a computer with a pre-installed “Windows”, but they don’t give us a disk. What to do? There is another way to reset the Windows 7 administrator password. A program to do this is called Offline NT Password and Registry Editor. To use it, burn the image to a CD or USB drive.

In order to reset the Windows 7 administrator password via a USB flash drive, first make sure that your computer supports booting from external media. This can be done by going into the "BIOS" and checking (changing) the order of bootable media.

1. First boot from your flash drive with the program installed.
2. You will see a control menu. You can see the table in which the disk partitions with their sizes will be indicated. From them you need to determine in which place the OS is installed.
3. Specify the disk number.
4. Enter the path to the SAM file. Usually it is "X: / Windows / System32 / config".
5. Enter "1" to reset the password.
6. Type "1" to select account management. A sign appears with usernames and their RIDs.
7. We select the necessary account. To do this, enter either a username or an identifier in the format 0x [RID].
8. Again enter "1". This will completely reset the password for the account. By specifying "2", you can change the current password to a new one.
9. Enter the sequence "q" -Enter- "y" -Enter- "n" -Enter. So we complete the work and save the changes.
10. Alt + Ctrl + Del to reboot.
11. You can log in to your account.

Total

This article is intended for advanced users who do not get confused when they see a black window and no mouse cursor. Most of the methods described here are easy to learn, since all interfaces are understandable to anyone who can read carefully and know English. It is also worth noting that they are intended exclusively for working with home computers, since it uses the data that only the owner can know. Hacking other people's laptops and PCs is punishable by law, even if it was an innocent joke towards a friend.