Many times we forget the Windows admin password and end up re-installing the OS again. Offline NT Password is a utility to (re)set the password of any user that has a valid (local) account on your Windows NT/2k/XP/Vista system. This utility works on the principle that Windows stores its user information, including encrypted passwords, in a file usually found in \system32\config.
Important Note: Resetting a user’s or administrator’s password on some systems might cause data loss, especially EFS-encrypted files.
Feature of this Utility;
- Reset password of any user that has a valid (local) account on your Windows NT/2k/XP/Vista.
- No need to know the old password to set a new one.
- It works offline, that is, you have to shutdown your computer and boot off a floppy disk or CD.
- Will detect and offer to unlock locked or disabled out user accounts.
You can read the complete FAQ on resetting password using this utility.
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I have used this utility many times in my college days…also written a complete article on how to use it on the link given below.
http://www.troublefixers.com/get-administrator-rights-in-your-windows-limited-account/
just given the link above for the readers (if you like to share it)
I’m now using password organizer. It helps me a lot to memorize my password. But I’ll note your tip in case I need it. Hopefully not 🙂
I wrote a article on the similar topic “What if you forgot your windows login password? 7 password recovery tools” few days ago.This is nice work nirmal.
The only issue I have with tools that modify registry is that it is a big risk. You can render your system useless. But I guess it’s not much useful if you have forgotten your password and cannot login 🙂
Deepak said that using tools that modify the registry is “a big risk”.
In some cases this is most certainly true. Nevertheless, many system tools/utilities *do* modify the registry.
Forget about “tools” per se… *most* programs modify the registry, at the very least at install time.
It is not *what* is done, that one needs to worry about, so much as it is *why* it is done.
If the registry is used responsibly – no harm should result. The registry is intended to be modified. That’s precisely what it is there for.
In big enterprise environments the best way for password reset is self service solutions. From my personal experience I recommend a tool called desktop authority password self service.
This solution can really reduce an amount of password related calls to hepdesk staff saving a lot of money.
The cost of every such call for our company is up to $ 15.
wiping out admin. passward is not a small deal
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I currently do not have any spare cd’s on me, and have forgotton my user password to my admin account. I am currently using a limited account but am unable to do anything about resetting the password using a program to boot from disk. Is there any other way I can retrieve my password without using a floppy or cd? I have tried using the command prompt method with no luck, tried resetting the admin password by pressing F8 during start up with no luck, PLEASE HELP!!
I have a serious VISTA password issue that I need help with. I have two admin accounts on my laptop. One password has expired. In XP or NT platforms you must enter the expired password and then a new one. With VISTA, once it is expired you are locked out.
I attempted to logon as the other admin and change the password but VISTA (in its intelligence) says that you must verify ALL admins to change a password. Hard to do when the account you need to change is one of the admins.
Any thoughts or help? Thanks.
– Bill
Long time ago , I confronted with the similar problem. Finally , my friend Jane introduce the Windows password Reset.It help me access windows. It’s worth a try!
http://www.resetwindowspassword.com
Excellent tutorial on recovery / resetting password on windows 7 vista xp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kfxme-Yvwo
The experience that I fogot windows password happened to me a few weeks ago. My classmate recommend me to take use of Windows password reset 6.0 , which is very smart and just take me a short time to reset a newly password. it’s great!
http://www.resetwindowspassword.com
very good!
BTW, there is another good solution.
I have downloaded Windows Password Recovery Tool 3.0 . it not only supports XP, 2000, and NT, I have personally tested it with Vista Home Premium and Ultimate. It works perfectly to reset any local user account to a blank password. I Wrote it to an old 128mb USB flash drive do this. Booting up and clearing a password takes a minute or two works like a charm.
Thanks Man!!!! Great stufff… it works beatifully
I have downloaded windows password key 8.0. It is a very quick and useful utility for resetting passwords. It not only supports XP, 2000, and NT, I have personally tested it with Vista Home Premium and Ultimate. It works perfectly to reset any local user account to a blank password.
Just an easy to use bootable CD/DVD . It can also be used on a USB Flash Drive. http://www.lostwindowspassword.com/
Well , I have downloaded windows password key 8.0,and find it very useful for me . thank you!
Windows 7 Password Reset allows you to reset windows 7 password with with USB Flash Drive or Floppy Disk now!!
All the above are great suggestions, if you actually know the password, but since the problem is that, the password has been forgotten/hacked or whatever, my suggestion is this neat program(Windows Password Recovery Tool 3.0) from PasswordSeeker, it lets you reset/delete user passwords, it is a legal app. and very useful, i’ve used it on a few PC’s including my own and it works,
I know a simple way to reset windows password to blank when you forgot administrator password,it need not to reinstall windows OS,and wont loss any data,by using “Any Windows Password Recovery 3.0 “. Maybe this could help you.
You can get the windows password recovery tool from the reference link:
http://www.anypasswordrecovery.com/download.html
Another tutorial on recovery / resetting password on windows 7 vista xp, the previous was removed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-z_lH0l44I
Firstly windows has an account called “administrator” which doesn’t normally show up on the welcome screen but you can get to it either by booting in safe mode (it does show up on the welcome screen when in safe mode) or by pressing ctrl+alt+del at the welcome screen to get an old fassioned login dialog. Often this account will have no password on it.
If the administrator account is locked out or has a password on it then there is a third party password reset and account unlocking tool available from http://www.windowsloginrecovery.com
windows 7 password blog can help you.
I think the best method to recover windows password is using windows password recovery software. Burn the .iso file to a blank CD or a USB flash drive or a floppy disk, insert the CD(USB/floppy disk) into the problem computer and your password will be reset to “Blank” without losing any data and you needn’t reinstall windows OS.
If you lost windows password. I found a windows password reset tool. you can wrote it to an blank CD or USB flash drive to reset administrator password. Booting up and clearing a password takes a minute or two works like a charm.
more info: http://snurl.com/passwordtool
my favorite is also using software to reset windows password ,i found Reset Windows Password CD in internet a couple days ago,it is very convenient for windows password recovery.
http://www.top-password.com/reset-windows-password.html
Hey, I also got locked out of my computer several days ago. I tried several free software. It took me two days and got quite messy. Unfortunately none of them work for me. Finally I made it work with Windows Key Finder boot CD. The good news is that it works. The bad news is it is not free.
http://www.windows-key-finder.com
There is many methods to reset windows vista administrator password, for example, safe mode or third party software.
I would like to introduce the Windows Password Reset Kit 1.5 . it not only supports XP, 2000, and NT, I have personally tested it with Vista Home Premium and Ultimate. It works perfectly to reset any local user account to a blank password. I Wrote it to a CD to do this. Booting up and clearing a password takes a minute or two works like a charm.
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you can try to google Password Genius
Tutorials about how to recover Windows NT, XP, Vista Password with a bootabe CD/DVD/USB Flash Drive.
http://www.windowspasswordrecovery.net/support/enhance_userguid.html
The best solution I found was to use the Winlogon Password Reset(link below), it got me in seamlessly and there were absolutely no problems.
http://www.windows-logon-password.com/
Greetings,
I suppose you can use the Recover My Windows Password CD to reset lost or forgotten windows login password.
http://www.recover-windows-password.com/
I introduce a software, today. Windows Password Seeker. it not
only supports XP, 2000, and NT, But also in Vista and win7,it
works perfectly to reset any local user account to a blank
password. I wrote it to a USB flash drive do this. Booting up
and clearing a password takes a minute. You can download it
from ?http://www.passwordseeker.com
It’s a nice freeware. But it doesn’t support domain controller. I prefer to use PCUnlocker Live CD.