How to Crack a Windows 7 Password

Steps

Windows 7 is a very secure and powerful operating system for your home computer, which allows you to create a password to secure your user account. But, what if you forget it, and you don't have a Reset Disk, password cracking program or anything else which would help you retrieve it? Well, follow those simple steps below and you will have your password reset in no time!

1

Start (or restart) your computer. You can do this by clicking the reset button in the Windows 7 Login Prompt or pressing the On/Off button on your computer.

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2

Make Windows 7 have a hard shutdown. Complete this step by pressing the On/Off button on your computer while the "Starting Windows" screen is active.
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Start your computer again. Same, complete this task by pressing the On/Off button on your computer.
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Select the "Launch Start up Repair" option. If you completed steps 1, 2 and 3 correctly, you will be given to options on how to start your computer: normally or using the Start up Repair. You should select the Start up Repair option.
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Cancel the "Do you want to use System Restore?" prompt. After you've launched Start up Repair, a prompt will pop up on your screen. You will want to select "Cancel".
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Wait until Windows has finished repairing your computer. After completing Step 5, you will have to wait. The repairing process will not harm any of your personal files.
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Click the arrow in the bottom-left corner of the window. After waiting, a window saying "Start up Repair could not repair your computer." You will see an arrow pointing downwards in the bottom left corner (Problem Details).
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Scroll down and click the last link. After Step 7, a window will pop up displaying the Problem Details. Scroll down until you see links. Ignore the first one, click the second one.
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File > Open > Computer > Local Disk > Windows > System32. After completing Step 8, Notepad will open up. You will want to follow the route displayed in bold.
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Switch from Text Documents (*.txt) to All Files. You can do this by simply clicking the drop-down menu, displayed as Text Documents (*.txt) and select All Files.
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Find the application named sethc and rename it to sethc-bak. Sethc is the application for the Sticky Keys program. You have to rename it to sethc-bak as a backup file. This won't do any harm to your computer or personal files.
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Find the application named cmd and copy & paste it into the folder System32 (the one you're in right now). Cmd is the application known as Command Prompt. After this, you will have a file named cmd - Copy in the System32 folder.
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Rename cmd - Copy to sethc. To be able to access cmd without permission from Windows, you will need to trick Windows thinking it is Sticky Keys.
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Close all opened windows and select "Finish". You're done! Now you just need to close out of all the opened windows and restart your computer.
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Hit Shift 5 times. After successfully restarting your computer, hit Shift on your keyboard 5 times. Command Prompt with administrator privileges opens up!
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net user [username] *. Enter this code into the command prompt to change the [username]'s password. You will not be able to see the new entered password, so enter it wisely.
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Close Command Prompt. After you've successfully changed the user's password, you can now close cmd.
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Enter the password you've just set for the user. After you've entered the password - you're in! This is all you need to do!