Then go to Start > Control Panel > User Accounts > Manage User Accounts, select an account and hit ‘Reset Password’. So, login in with either the built-in ‘administrator’ account (hidden by default) or any other admin account. If you have admin permissions you can reset the password of any other account on the system. Reset Windows 7 password using an admin account Hit Alt + Ctrl + Del, choose the ‘Change a password’ option and set a new password.
This is by far the most trivial case and, therefore, of little interest here. Reset Windows 7 password for your own account If you prefer short to-the-point instructions I suggest you follow along here. If you have a lot of time or like very detailed tutorials with lots of links to related content I highly recommend that article.
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It was only after I reset my Windows 7 password that I learned about the excellent but rather lengthy ‘ How To Reset a Windows 7 Password‘ article. Also, I looked at a number of reset/recovery tools my favorite search engine and those forums suggested. I read lots of instructions and hints on some shady hacker/cracker forums which didn’t sound too trustworthy. What took time, however, wasn’t the actual reset process but digging up information on the Internet. Today I spent way too much time to reset a Windows 7 password.
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