Let's talk about how it would be better to reset the administrator password. This is necessary when you forgot it, or the installer made a surprise by setting this password to log in. If we are talking about a password for a user who is not an administrator, then there is the possibility of getting around it using the following trick. When the system boots up and you see the Windows Welcome screen, double-click the Ctrl- Alt-Del key combination. When the corresponding window appears, enter in Latin letters in the field for the name "administrator", and you do not need to fill in the line for the password. When you log in, then change or reset the password of the desired user as administrator.
True, resetting the Windows 7 administrator password will be much more difficult. If you do not have a bootable flash drive or disk, nothing will work. In this situation, you will need certain software. It is worth noting that the reset of the Windows XP administrator password itself is carried out in the same way as for Seven. So, you should have a program called ERD Commander. Boot using the disk, while skipping the initialization of the network in order to speed up the process. Next, through the Start menu, you should get into the system settings, where you need to select the Locksmith Wizard item.
A window should appear before your eyes, where from the list of accounts you should select the one you need. Under it, set a new password and confirm it, after which you will have to click on the “Next” button. Then the system will notify you that the password has been successfully changed, after which you need to confirm the settings by clicking on the “Finish” button. Exit the program in the way that is familiar to you, through the Start menu (here you must select a reboot). When the computer restarts, you can use the new password.
If you want to reset the administrator password using the Live CD boot disk , which includes the above program, you need to do the following: go to the program directory using the "Start" menu, then select the Windows directory in the system partition of the hard drive. After that, you must change and confirm the password that you are going to set for a specific account in this operating system.
In the event that you are logged in under the account of a user who has limited rights, and it is urgently necessary to reset the administrator password yourself, this can be done using the command line interpreter (emulator) . To do this, call it through the Start menu by entering the cmd command. Next, enter these commands: "control userpasswords2", after which you must press the enter key. Next, a window will open before you, responsible for user accounts.
We find in it a column called "Users", there we select the necessary line of the administrator or some other user. Uncheck the box in the line that requires a username and password. After that, we confirm the installation data by pressing the "OK" button. Reboot your device and check all changes.
In these ways, the administrator password is reset. To avoid these unnecessary manipulations, write down the password on paper and store it in a place where no one can detect it.