How to Reset Windows Vista Password If I Forgot

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Windows Vista is one of the most popular members from the family of Windows Operating System. It was developed for providing more powerful functions and the best part of Windows Vista is that its highly practical user interface, enhanced application and memory management properties. A lot of people prefer this version of Windows when it comes to managing their personal or official works. You might have been used Vista for a long time but unfortunately you have lost the login password. Losing the admin password for Windows is actually a very common mistake that a lot of people make and probably you are also one of them. Those days are gone when people used to reset the password by re-installing the OS. Fortunately, nowadays you can easily reset the admin password for Windows Vista with the help of professional Windows Password Recovery software.

In search engines, you can find a lot of tools for resetting Vista password available online but UUkeys Windows Password Recovery is one of the best among them at this moment. It is the ultimate solution to recover both Windows administrator and users password as well as domain password. In addition, there is no data loss by using this program after successful password. However, the data on system disk would be permanently erased if you chose to use other methods or programs. Please keep this mind. Besides Vista, this program also support Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows XP. Supported Computer Brands including Lenovo, Dell, HP, ThinkPad, Sony, Samsung, Toshiba, Acer, Asus and other more.

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Preparations:

Installation file of UUkeys Windows Password Recovery.
A blank CD/DVD or a writable USB flash drive.
A normal Windows PC with access to the administrator privilege.

Tutorial for Bypassing Windows Vista Password If I Forgot

Step 1: Install UUkeys Windows Password Recovery On Normal Computer

First you have to download the .exe of the software on a working computer, which you have the administrator access. And then double click .exe file to begin the installation process. You can follow the built-in wizard in this step. Finally, launch the program at the end of installation.

Note: Currently, this program only works on Windows based computer. If you used Mac or Linux, then you should install Windows guest on a virtual machine in order to burn a reset disk.

Step 2: Create A Windows Password Recovery Disk with USB Drive

When you open the program, you will see two options displayed on the main screen to make a Windows reset disk: CD/DVD or USB Device. The fact is that personal computer are now not shipped with DVD driver anymore. So my recommendation in here is to USB drive to burn the reset disk.

Insert USB drive on that computer and see what the drive name is. Now you need to select the drive name from the drop-down list. After selection, click "Burn USB " button to write programs to that USB drive. Once the burning procedure is completed, take out your USB drive. At this moment, you have a Windows reset disk in hands.

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Step 3: Change BIOS Boot Order to USB and Insert USB Reset Disk

Insert the password recovery disk to the locked computer. Usually, the first boot device is set to DVD or hard drive, which means the computer will never loads the USB drive if you don't change the boot order. So the first thing to do on the locked computer is to change the first boot device to USB.

Power on the locked computer and press the key on startup to enter into BIOS settings where you can change boot order. The key might be F10/F12/F2/Enter/ESC. It is much dependent on which brand of the computer is. Once getting into BIOS, use the arrow key to select USB drive as the first boot device. Save the settings and reboot the computer.

Step 4: Select Admin or User Account and Reset Its Password

Once the booting is done, the software will be showing a friendly display window. You will find all the Windows Systems shown in the combo box. Usually it is only one listed in there. Select the one you want to recover password. Now select the target user account that you want to retrieve password. Now click "Reset Password" to change the password to blank. The password space will be shown blank after resetting the password.

Click "Reboot" button when the dialogue box pops up. Eject password recovery disk and click "Yes" to restart your computer. Now you can easily log into the computer without any password.

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The best advantage of using this software is that it recovers password without any data lost. However, you will lost all the user data on C drive and reinstall programs on the computer if you chose to other password recovery methods. That is the reason why I highly recommend it in here. UUkeys Windows Password Recovery does a great help to restore the passwords in 4 simple steps. It is compatible with most of the popular brands like like Dell, HP, Acer, Toshiba, Samsung, Sony, Asus, IBM, Lenovo and so on.

May. 28, 2016 17:12 pm / Posted by Cathryn Akerman to Windows

Cathryn Akerman is a professional freelancing technology author and worked 8 years as a computer system engineer. Cathryn keeps sharing this computer skills current through UUkeys to her readers and clients.