After your first copy of Windows Vista, how long did it take to install until you realize that you do not know an administrator password? For me it was about one weeks before I needed to a number of changes to the file-making system to make. Suddenly occurred to me that an administrator can create the User Account Control dialog go away, but I did not know the administrator password! What is the Vista default Administrator password?
Unlike earlier versions of Windows, Windows Vista does not automatically an Administrator account during installation. The theory is that the typical Windows user does not run with administrator privileges. Do not delete a non-Windows administrator account that a user accidentally the operating system folders, files and registry information, and prevent malware infecting your computer, do the same. However, if you really need to run as an administrator, you can simply activate the built-in Administrator account yourself.
Here are the basic steps to activate Vista’s Administrator account and assign it a password:
- Logon Vista with a standard user account
- From the Start menu, navigate to the Command Prompt menu item in the Accessories menu
- Right-click on the Command Prompt menu item and select Run as Administrator
- Click the Continue button on the User Account Control dialog box
- At the command prompt, enter net user administrator password, and hit Enter
- At the command prompt, enter net user administrator activate:yes, and hit Enter
- At the command prompt, enter exit and hit Enter to close the command window
- Log off and logon as Administrator using the password you selected
This process enabled a user account called Administrator assigns them full access and security privileges. The username is "admin" reserved, so you do not dass can create a user account with that name even if you do not have administrator account enabled Ass. Depending on the local password policy of the computer, could be prompted to enter a password with a minimum length or complexity, and not be allowed to use a blank password.
I Forgot my Vista Administrator Password!
The User Accounts in Control Panel and functions of the Create a
password reset diskwizard. Using this wizard, a floppy disk or USB flash drive can be created that allows the password of a specific user on a specific Windows Vista-based computer to reset by the user. Possession of the reset disk is deemed to be authorized to reset the account password. The reset disk can then be recycled to reset the account password multiple times. However, you must know the password of the account you want the reset disk and you need the disk before you reset the password of the account password.
- Insert the floppy or USB reset disk in the computer
- Click the Reset password… item on the Vista logon screen to start the Password Reset Wizard
- Click the Next button
- Enter a new password
- Reenter the new password
- If prompted, enter a password hint
- Click the Next and Finished buttons
- Enter your new password to logon to the user account
I Didn’t Make a Password Reset Disk!
OK, you can reset a lost Windows Vista password without a Vista password rest disk, but you won’t receive any help from Vista to do it. Instead, the
Windows Password Recovery Tool 3.0 is your ticket. This password recovery tool not only works on Windows
Vista, but also on all releases of Windows
NT, Windows
2000, Windows
XP, Windows
7, Windows Server
2003, and Windows Server
2008. It works by booting from a
CD or
USB flash drive and selecting a few options in a command line menu interface. (Booting this password tool from a cd disk or usb flash drive is possible, but is not currently supported for Vista.)
NOTE: If you change the administrator password on Windows XP or Windows Vista using the encrypted file system (EFS), all encrypted files become inaccessible. The password for the Administrator account is used to create the encryption key EFS. Changing the administrator account using the original password should restore access to encrypted files, but I tried.
Here are the basic steps. If you need more detailed information, read the
FAQ.
- Download and burn the ISO file on to a CD or USB flash drive
- Boot from the CD or USB flash drive
NOTE:
To reboot your PC with a CD/DVD disk, it’s necessary to change your computer’s setting to make it boot from the CD/DVD.
Click here To learn how to set BIOS to boot from the CD/DVD-ROM
Click here To learn how to set BIOS to boot from the USB Flash Drive
- When the CD/DVD or USB disk boots, you’ll see Windows Password Recovery Tool 3.0 is initializing .
- Select Windows installation to be processed
- Select the user name whose password you want to reset and click "Reset" button to reset the password.
- A message is displayed. Click "Yes" to confirm your action. Or, click "No" to undo your selection.
- "Success" message is displayed after the user’s password has been successfully reset.
- You have changed your forgotten password to a blank one. Remove the Windows Password Recovery Tool 3.0 bootable CD/DVD or USB Flash Drive and click “Reboot” button to reboot the computer. Now you are able to log into your computer without a password! .
- Remove the CD or USB flash drive and reboot the computer
The possibility for forgotten passwords and gain administrative access to the computer and reset can save much time, but it was just an attempt by an IT professional. With sophisticated tools for manipulating the system, you can easily make things worse rather than better.
How to Create a Windows 7 Password Reset Disk
A
Windows 7 password reset disk could really come in handy if you ever forget your account password. With it, you can easily reset your Windows 7 password and get right in to your PC.
There are ways to
recover lost Windows passwords without a password reset disk but they’re often complicated and time consuming.
Be proactive by creating a password reset disk today. With a Windows 7 password reset disk, forgetting your password is no longer a crisis.
Follow the easy steps below to create a password reset disk for your Windows 7 account
Click on Start and then Control Panel in Windows 7.
Click on the User Accounts and Family Safety link.
Note: If you’re viewing the Large icons or Small icons view of Control Panel, you won’t see this link. Simply double-click on the User Accounts icon and proceed to Step 4.
Click on the User Accounts link.
Important: Before you proceed, make sure have some kind of portable media to create a password reset disk on. This means that you will need a flash drive or a floppy disk drive and blank floppy disk.
You will now be able to create a Windows 7 password reset disk on a CD, DVD, or external hard drive.
In the task pane on the left, click the Create a password reset disk link.
Note: Did you get a No Drive warning message? If so, you do not have a floppy disk or USB flash drive connected. You’ll need to do this before continuing.
When the Forgotten Password Wizard window appears, click Next
In the I want to create a password key disk in the following drive: drop down box, choose the portable media drive to create a Windows 7 password reset disk on.
Click Next to continue.
With the disk or other media still in the drive, enter your current account password in the text box and click Next.
Windows 7 will now create the password reset disk on your chosen media.
When the progress indicator shows 100% complete, click Next and then click Finish in the next window.
You can now remove the flash drive or floppy disk from your computer.
Label the disk Password Reset and store it in a safe place.
How To Reset the Administrator Password in Windows 7 ?
There does not in fact an “administrator” user account. What you need is any account can be used as an administrator password.
Some times you need this password. You may need an administrator password in Windows 7, if you want to run programs or access to certain types of Windows 7 recovery tools.
Follow below steps to easily reset the administrator password in Windows 7!
Difficulty: Simple
Time Required: Just a few minutes
- Try the blank password. If there is actually an Administrator account, the password may not exist at all! Just press Enter without typing anything when asked for it.
- Enter your password to your account. In many cases, depending on your computer, Windows 7 installation program, the main user account will also be an administrator user account.
- Try to remember your password. As I mentioned in the previous step, your account may be an administrator account, especially if your computer is installed on your Windows 7.
If this is true, but you have forgotten your password, you may be able to make what the administrator password can be a very good guess.
- Have another user enter his or her credentials. If there are other users that have accounts on your Windows 7 computer, one of them may be setup with administrator access.
If this is true, have the other user designate you as an administrator as well.
- Restore administrator password using the Windows password recovery tools. You may be able to recover or reset with one of these tools for an administrator password. The best one is Windows Password Recovery Tool 3.0 .
Note: Some password recovery tools in the list I linked to above also have the ability to change regular Windows 7 user accounts into administrator accounts. This could be valuable if you know your account’s password but it’s not an administrator account.
- The implementation of a new installation of Windows 7. This is the last resort. This type of installation will be completely deleted from your computer to install Windows 7, and again from scratch.
- If you are just curious about your administrator password, I do not recommend such an extreme solution. However, if you need an administrator password to access the operating system diagnostic tool, this is your last effort to save your computer, perform a clean installation work.
- Remember, this is a time-consuming process because all data must be backed up and the subsequent recovery situation.
