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How to Bypass Windows Local Administrator Password with A USB Drive

July 12th, 2013 by Admin

If you’re using a single administrator account, it’s surprisingly easy to lock yourself out of your own computer by losing your password. Luckily, its just as easy to get back in again without data loss – so long as you have a blank CD or a USB flash drive. Here’s how to bypass Windows local administrator password with a USB drive.

How to Bypass Windows Local Administrator Password with A USB Drive?

  1. Download the PCUnlocker program from http://www.top-password.com. The download file is a zipped ISO image file. Double-click the zip file and the system will display all the contents in a new window. Just drag the pcunlocker.iso file from that window to your desktop or another location you can find easily.
  2. Burn the ISO image to a USB flash drive using ISO2Disc program. The USB flash drive has to be at least 512 MB.
  3. Connect the USB flash drive to your locked computer that you want to bypass Windows local administrator password on. Turn on the computer and change the boot order in BIOS. Make sure the Removable Device is the first boot device.
  4. After booting from the USB flash drive, you’ll see the WinPE operating system start. Just about half a minute later, you’ll see the PCUnlocker program. It displays all your Windows local user accounts.
  5. Choose the local administrator account and click on “Reset Password” button. The program will quickly remove your forgotten Windows local administrator password, as well as unlocking your administrator account if it’s locked out, disabled or expired.
  6. Click on Restart. Unplug the USB flash drive from the computer. Now you can log back into your Windows local administrator account using a blank/empty password.

Forgot your Windows local administrator password? This tutorial allows you to bypass local administrator password on Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP and Windows Server 2012/2008/2003/2000. If you don’t have a USB drive or your computer doesn’t support USB booting, you can opt to burn PCUnlocker program to a blank CD and use it to bypass Windows local administrator password.

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Forgot Windows Password for Windows Server VM in Microsoft Hyper-V

July 8th, 2013 by Admin

I installed Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V. I left the machine standing for a couple of days. After a week I got back to the machine I couldn’t remember the password. Is there a way to recover or reset the administrator password on a Hyper-V virtualized 2008 AD server?

Forgot Windows password for Hyper-V virtualized server? How to reset local / domain administrator password on a virtual machine running in Microsoft Hyper-V? There is a simple way to reset your lost Hyper-V server password without data loss. Just boot your Hyper-V virtual machine from PCUnlocker ISO image which contains a password reset utility, and it enables you to reset both local administrator password and domain administrator password easily!

How to Reset Windows Password for Hyper-V Server?

  1. Download the zipped ISO image of PCUnlocker and save it on your host operating system. Unzipped the download file and you’ll find a bootable ISO image file: pcunlocker.iso.
  2. Open your virtual machine from Hyper-V Manager. Click on the File menu and select Settings….

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  3. In the Settings of the VM, select the DVD Drive under IDE Controller 1 tab. In the right panel, specify the DVD drive to use the ISO image file (pcunlocker.iso) you just downloaded.

  4. Go to the BIOS tab in the left panel, move CD to the top of all available boot devices.

  5. Click Apply to save your changes.
  6. Power on your virtual machine. This time it will boot from the PCUnlocker ISO image.
  7. After a while, you’ll see the PCUnlocker program which displays a list of local user accounts existing on your Hyper-V server. If you need to reset domain admin/user password, you need to click on the Reset Active Directory Password option. It will then display Active Directory user accounts.

  8. Choose a user account and click on Reset Password button. The program will unlock/reset your Windows password in no time.

Now you’ve successfully reset your lost Windows password for Hyper-V server. Unmount the PCUnlocker ISO image from the virtual machine’s DVD drive and restart the virtual machine. You can then log back into your Hyper-V server without a password! This method works with all versions of Windows virtual machine running in Microsoft Hyper-V, including Windows 8/7/Vista/XP and Windows Server 2012/2008/2003/2000.

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How to Reset Lost Windows Password of A Microsoft Virtual PC Instance

July 3rd, 2013 by Admin

I have forgotten the administrator password of the Windows 2003 which runs on Microsoft Virtual PC. I really don’t want to reinstall the virtual machine again. How can I recover or reset the password?

Losing Windows administrator password is a frustrating experience, as you have likely lost access to all the applications and files on your PC. Resetting a lost Windows password on a virtual machine is the same process as resetting one from a physical machine. But in order to reset lost password of a Microsoft Virtual PC instance, you only need to get a bootable ISO image which contains Windows password recovery tool.

How to Reset Lost Windows Password of A Microsoft Virtual PC Instance?

Download the zipped ISO image of PCUnlocer on your host OS. After you’ve downloaded it, unzipped it and you’ll get a bootable ISO image: pcunlocker.iso.

Power your virtual machine in Microsoft Virtual PC. Click on CD menu and select Capture ISO Image as shown below.

Browse the pcunlocker.iso file and click Open, the virtual machine will boot from the ISO image. If not, go to Action menu and click reset to restart Virtual Machine. This time it will boot with ISO file.

After successfully booting from the ISO image, the computer will load the WinPE operating system. After a while it will launch the PCUnlocker program, which automatically locates Windows user accounts existing in your virtual machine.

Choose a user account whose password is unknown, and then click on Reset Password button. It will unlock / reset your lost Windows password immediately. After that, reboot the VM and you can then log back into the system inside your Microsoft Virtual PC.

Conclusion

Just boot your VM from PCUnlocker ISO image, you can reset lost Windows password for any Microsoft Virtual PC, no matter what version of Windows your guest OS is! PCUnlocker also works with virtual machine running in VMware Workstation, VirtualBox, Parallels, etc.

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How to Reset Forgotten Windows 8/7/Vista/XP User Password

July 2nd, 2013 by Admin

Forgot your Windows user password? How can I reset it? Sometimes we forget our Windows administrator password which leads to chaos as we cannot even change any system settings or install any software for the user account, but luckily there’s a really easy way to reset the password. All you need is a bootable USB stick and you can reset forgotten Windows 8/7/Vista/XP user password immediately.

How to Reset Forgotten Windows 8/7/Vista/XP User Password?

First, download the zipped ISO image of PCUnlocker on an alternate PC you have access to. After unzipping the download file you’ll find a bootable ISO image file: pcunlocker.iso, which needs to be burned onto a USB stick.

Download and install the free ISO burning software ISO2Disc on your computer, and then launch ISO2Disc program. Click on Browse button to select the ISO image file you’ve gotten, then choose your USB stick and select GPT partition style. Click on Burn. The program will create a GPT bootable password reset USB stick, which could be used to reset password on any computers, including UEFI-based Windows 8 tablet PCs.

Plug the USB stick into your locked computer that you want to reset the Windows user password for. Just turn on the machine and press a key like F12 to bring up the Boot Menu. The exact key depends on your computer.

Choose your USB stick from the Boot Menu and press Enter. The computer will load the WinPE operating system from the USB stick. After a while, you’ll see the PCUnlocker program open up, which shows you a list of user accounts for your Windows system.

Select a user account and then click on Reset Password button. It will reset your lost Windows user password instantly. Unplug the USB stick and restart the machine, you can then log back into your Windows user account without a password!

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Forgot the Administrator Password for Windows 7 Starter

June 26th, 2013 by Admin

I have a Windows 7 Starter netbook laptop, and I have forgotten the administrator password for it. I only have ONE account on it and that is the one where I forgot my password. How can I get in?

Forgot your Windows 7 Starter password? Can’t log into your computer at all after losing the administrator password? In many occasion because of your stress there you have a chance to forget the password. Sometimes it may occur due to the security consciousness of the user as you frequently change the password.

Fortunately there is a safe and quick recovery disk to reset lost or forgotten Windows 8/7/Vista/XP password. With PCUnlocker you can unlock and reset passwords for local system accounts easily. In this tutorial we’re going to walk you through how to reset Windows 7 Starter password using PCUnlocker Recovery USB drive. Quickly get back into your computer in case your administrator password is lost or forgotten.

How to Reset the Administrator Password on Windows 7 Starter?

Download the zipped ISO image of PCUnlocker and save it to any computer that you have access to. Unzip the download file and burn the ISO image to your USB flash drive using ISO2Disc program. PCUnlocker can also load from a bootable CD but USB drive should be more useful when your computer doesn’t come with a CD/DVD burner.

After creating a PCUnlocker Recovery USB drive, plug it into your Windows 7 Starter computer. Power on the machine and press the key indicated during the power-on self-test (POST) to enter BIOS, then change the boot priority in BIOS to boot from removable device. Save your changes and exit.

This time your computer should boot from the PCUnlocker Recovery USB drive. After a while you’ll see the PCUnlocker program which displays a list of local user accounts existing in your Windows 7 Starter system. Choose the administrator account and click on Reset Password button, it will remove/unlock your Windows 7 Starter administrator password instantly.

Now you’ve successfully reset the administrator password, unplug the USB drive and restart the computer. You can then log back into your Windows 7 Starter administrator account without a password!

Besides resetting Windows 7 Starter password, you can also use the PCUnlocker Recovery USB drive to reset lost administrator password on other editions of Windows 7, such as Windows 7 Home / Professional / Ultimate.

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How to Reset Lost Windows Password with PCUnlocker Boot CD

June 24th, 2013 by Admin

So you forgot your Windows password and can’t get into your computer? Hey, it happens. We’re supposed to make very complicated passwords so they’re difficult to guess but sometimes we make them so complicated that we forget them ourselves. There are many software that can unlock your password, but nothing beats PCUnlocker Boot CD which is extremely powerful CD. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to reset lost Windows password with PCUnlocker Boot CD.

Since you obviously can’t get into your computer right now because you’ve forgotten your Windows password, we need to make a PCUnlocker Boot CD on another computer that you have access to. Then you can use it to boot off your computer and it enables you to reset lost Windows 8/7/Vista/XP password easily!

How to Reset Lost Windows Password with PCUnlocker Boot CD?

Download the zipped ISO image of PCUnlocker Boot CD. Unzip the download file and burn the ISO image on a CD or DVD using your preferred software such as ImgBurn, BurnCDCC, ISO2Disc or InfraRecorder.

Once you’ve created a PCUnlocker Boot CD, put it into the CD drive of your locked computer. Turn on the computer and change the boot sequence in the BIOS to set CD/DVD-ROM as the first boot device. On a Windows 8 computer with UEFI BIOS, you also need to disable the Secure Boot option and change the boot mode from UEFI to Legacy.

After booting from the PCUnlocker Boot CD, the Computer will run a Windows PE operating system from the CD, it will NOT install anything. Just about one or two minutes, you’ll see the PCUnlocker program. The program should display a list of user accounts existing in your Windows SAM registry hive.

Choose a user account and click on “Reset Password” button. The program will reset your lost Windows password and also unlock/enable your user account when it’s necessary. Now click on “Restart” button to reboot the computer and remove the PCUnlocker Boot CD.

When you come to the Windows login screen, just leave the password box empty and you can log back into your Windows user account immediately. Done!

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How to Find Windows Administrator Password without Resetting It

June 22nd, 2013 by Admin

How can I find out Windows administrator password without changing or resetting it? That’s where Ophcrack comes in. Ophcrack is one of the more effective password cracking software that runs on a Live CD, and it can be used to find your original Windows password.

Since you obviously can’t get into your computer right now because you’ve forgotten the administrator password, we need to make a Ophcrack Live CD on another computer that you have access to. Then you can use it to boot off your computer and it enables you to find Windows administrator password without resetting it.

How to Find Windows Administrator Password without Resetting It?

  1. Put the Ophcrack Live CD in the CD drive of the computer you want to find the Windows administrator of.
  2. Have the computer to boot from Ophcrack Live CD. This shouldn’t be to hard. Depending on computer, enter the bios settings and change the boot settings to boot from a disc drive on first boot device.
  3. After the initial startup of your computer is complete, the Ophcrack Live CD menu should display. Select the Ophcrack Graphic mode option and press Enter.

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  4. The next screen is the Ophcrack Live CD software itself. Ophcrack will attempt to find the passwords for all of the Windows user accounts that it can find on your computer. This password cracking process is completely automated.

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  5. After Ophcrack recovers your password, write it down, remove the Ophcrack Live CD from your optical drive and restart your computer. You can then get to log on to Windows with your discovered password!

Ophcrack won’t find every password – some are too long and some are far too complicated. If Ophcrack didn’t do the trick just try some Windows password reset software. One of the most powerful software is PCUnlocker, which can help you reset lost Windows administrator password instantly. It always works no matter how long or complicated your administrator password is.

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