Following information should be used only if its your system and you have forgotten account password. Don’t use this information to access a system which is not yours without permission.

Many times we face this problem when we or our friends forget Windows XP,or Vista,Windows 7  password and can’t log into Windows. So here we are posting a few methods / utilities which can be used to recover Windows password:

1st Method:

The first thing which you check if you forget login password. When we install Windows, it automatically creates an account “Administrator” and sets its password to blank. So if you have forget your user account password then try this:

Start system and when you see Windows Welcome screen / Login screen, press <ctrl>+<alt>+<del> keys twice and it’ll show Classic Login box. Now type “Administrator” (without quotes) in Username and leave Password field blank. Now press Enter and you should be able to log in Windows.Now you can reset your account password from “Control Panel -> User Accounts”.Same thing can be done using Safe Mode. In Safe Mode Windows will show this in-built Administrator account in Login screen.

2nd Method:

Windows XP and further versions also provide another method to recover forgotten password by using “Reset Disk”. If you created a Password Reset Disk in past, you can use that disk to reset the password. To know more about it, please visit following links:

How to create and use a password reset disk for a computer in a domain in Windows XP

3rd Method:

If the above mentioned tricks don’t work, then try following trick which is actually a loophole in Windows XP Setup and a big security hole:

A. Boot using Windows  Setup CD and follow the instruction like Accepting EULA, etc.

B. When it asks to repair your existing Windows installation, accept it and press “R” to run the repair.

C. Setup will start repairing your Windows and will start copying files, etc.

D. After a few minutes setup will restart your system and when it restarts don’t press any key when it shows “Press any key to continue…” otherwise Setup will start from the beginning. Don’t press any key and setup will resume where it left.

E. Now it’ll start doing other tasks and will show a small progressbar with a few details in left side.

F. Look carefully at the details and when it shows “Installing devices”, press <Shift>+F10 keys in your keyboard.

G. It’ll open a Command Prompt window. Now type nusrmgr.cpl and press <Enter>.

H. It’ll open the same “User Accounts” window which you see in Control Panel.

I. Now you can remove or reset any account password without any problem.

4th Method:

If all fails, then simply search a third party tool,it won’t cost you much.And if you have lost Windows Administrator password,this method is highly recommend as the above methods may not work for you.What’s more,it can help you save more time and energy

There are many commercial tools that allow you to reset the Windows administrator password if you have forgotten it. Technically, they do the same as the free tools. Some of them might be easier to use or come with better instructions. I recommend trying the other options I described in this article. Finding commercial tools is easy with Google. You can use the same search terms that have directed you to this site.

Below is the most famous recovery tool I found:

Windows Password Key 8.0 -It is considered as the best tool to reset local administrator and user passwords on any Windows system. It creates a password recovery CD/DVD, USB Flash Drive for home, business and enterprise. And most of all, it’s the most popular and safe solution for removing your Windows password until now.