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How To Reset Windows 7 Password

This document provides a step-by-step guide on how to reset a forgotten Windows password using a Windows installation disk and command prompt. It involves backing up the original sticky keys file and replacing it with the command prompt executable to access administrator mode. Finally, users can reset their password using a simple command before restoring the original sticky keys file.

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How To Reset Windows 7 Password

This document provides a step-by-step guide on how to reset a forgotten Windows password using a Windows installation disk and command prompt. It involves backing up the original sticky keys file and replacing it with the command prompt executable to access administrator mode. Finally, users can reset their password using a simple command before restoring the original sticky keys file.

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How to Reset Your Forgotten Windows Password the Easy Way

Forgetting your password is never any fun, but luckily there’s a really easy way to
reset the password. All you need is a copy of the Windows installation disk and one
simple command line trick.

Resetting Your Forgotten Windows Password


Boot off the Windows disk and select the “Repair your computer” option from the
lower left-hand corner.

Follow through until you get to the option to open the Command Prompt, which you’ll
want to select.

First you’ll want to type in the following command to backup the original sticky keys
file:

copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\

Then you’ll copy the command prompt executable (cmd.exe) over top of
the sticky keys executable:

copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\


system32\sethc.exe

Now you can reboot the PC.

Resetting the Password


Once you get to the login screen, hit the Shift key 5 times, and you’ll see an
administrator mode command prompt.

Now to reset the password—just type the following command, replacing the
username and password with the combination you want:

net user geek MyNewPassword

That’s all there is to it. Now you can login.

Of course, you’ll probably want to put the original sethc.exe file back, which you can
do by rebooting into the installation CD, opening the command prompt, and copying
the c:\sethc.exe file back to c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe.

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