About a week ago, we showed you how to create a password reset disk in Windows 7. Password Reset Disk lets you create a new password when you have forgotten the current password.
If are not aware of the password reset disk feature in Windows 7, follow our how to create a Windows 7 password reset disk to create one reset disk for your users account.
What if you don’t have a password reset disk?
A large number of Windows users aren’t aware of existence of password reset disk feature in Windows 7 or forget to create one after setting a strong password. Users who don’t have a password reset disk have a couple of options to reset the password. One can check out our how to bypass Windows 7 logon password, reset Windows 7/8 password without booting into Windows (the-easy-way), and one can also download the free password recovery software to quickly reset your forgotten Windows 7/Windows 8 password.
And if you have prepared a password reset disk for your account, resetting the password is fairly simple. Here is how you can use the password reset disk in Windows 7 to reset your password:
Step 1: When you type a wrong password at the login screen, you will see “The username or password is incorrect” error.
Step 2: Click OK to see Reset password option.
Step 3: Insert your password reset disk and then click on the Reset password option to open Password Reset Wizard. Click next button to continue.
Step 4: Select the password reset disk (that you used while creating the reset disk) from the drop down box. Click next to proceed to the next step.
Step 5: Enter a new password and then type the password again to confirm.
Step 6: Click the next button and then click the finish button to close the wizard.
Step 7: Now enter the new password in password box in the login screen to login to your user account.
NOTE: The above procedure should work in Windows 8 as well.
Cranskyso says
I am using UUkeys Windows Password Recovery and it is quite good to reset password on my Windows box.
J Davison says
This method didn’t work. I got successfully created a Password Reset Disk and saved it onto a memory stick but when I selected it in the password reset wizard and clicked ‘next’, it said that it wasn’t the Password Reset Disk
Joseph Kayizzi says
The process of creating a password rest disc and application is very user friendly but the wizard asked for a password hint, which I typed in but it brought an Error message. What does this mean? I typed in some script as the hint but the error message continued.
tokyo says
If you didn’t created a password reset disk and now forgot windows 7 password, you have to follow the below method:
Now, I will introduce my solution which i have used to reset my lost windows password before,
Google search: SmartKey Windows password recovery
a professional password recovery tool here is designed for resetting local administrator and user passwords on any Windows system.hope it helps:
Get started with the download – 3 simple steps:
Step 1 – Download windows password recovery utility and install it.
Step 2 -Burn your Windows Password Reset CD:
To burn your CD, you’ll need a blank CD-R and the .ISO file of Windows Password Reset.
Step 3 – Put in your newly created CD and remove your Windows password.
Lloyd says
When I was going to change the password it said something about an error occured for this user?
tom says
IT DOESN”T SAY THAT