Need to reset password

gkeller
gkeller Member Posts: 1 New User
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Please Help!                                                                  4-16-2014

 

This is my wife’s computer User name: xxx

 

Her Password has always been: yyy

 

This one needs a Password Re-Set

 

It runs Windows 7 Starter

 

I tried a fix that I found on a Microsoft Community site from a specific contributor.

 

ALT + F-10 prior to opening-(2nd choice) was suppose to back up all data & Restart with the ability to Reset the password!

 

It was to take up to 1 hour. I waited for 1.5 hours.

 

Problem is : “Setup is Stating Services”

Tried again ALT +F10-same result

 

Continues with no end or finality!

 

I shut it down out of frustration & when started up it shows the same message.

Can you please suggest a fix, disk available or something.

It operated flawlessly until this issue about 10 days ago.

 

GKeller

Answers

  • Blayn-Acer
    Blayn-Acer Administrator Posts: 2,355 Community Administrator

    It sounds like the recovery is hanging. Try pressing Alt + Home and see if it will break out of the "Setup is Starting Services" menu.

     

    If that does not work, you may need to try ordering recovery disks to see if they will restore the product to factory settings.

  • ajay_1988
    ajay_1988 Member Posts: 77 Enthusiast WiFi Icon

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    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.

     

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

     

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

     

     

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

     

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

     

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

     

     

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    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.

     

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

     

     

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    net user geek MyNewPassword

     

     

     

     

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    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.

     

  • Jacker-00
    Jacker-00 Member Posts: 1 New User

    There are 4 ways for you to reset the Windows 7 password:

    Way 1: Use a Windows 7 password reset disk

    When you create a user account on PC, Windows 7 allows you to create a password reset disk in order to help you reset password afterwards when you forgot Windows 7 password. If you don’t have a foresight to create this disk before you lost password, then refer to part 4. Here is a simple guide to reset Windows 7 password using this password reset disk.
    Step 1: Insert the Windows 7 password reset tool to your PC, click “Reset password” and click “OK” in the pop-up window.
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    Step 2: Select the password reset disk, click “Next”, and then type your new password to complete the procedure.

    Way 2. Try an administrator account

    Want to reset Windows 7 password without disk? If you are lucky enough to get someone who has an administrator account or a user account which has the administrator privilege on your PC, then you can try to use the password to sign in your PC for Windows 7 password reset. However, the most important thing you should know is that this method brings big risks: your account will lose access to its encrypted files, e-mail messages, and the stored passwords for websites or network resources, etc. If you don’t want any data loss, refer to Way 4.

    Way 3: Reinstalling Windows 7

    No matter what famous brands of PC you are using, the last thing they tell you when you forgot Windows 7 login password is to reinstall Windows system to reset Windows 7 password free. Yet, this method would cause all data loss in the disk C. If you prefer no any data loss, keep reading the next content.

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