How to remove the password from Windows 7? How do I delete or reset the Windows 7 password? What should I do if I forgot my password?

All passwords, especially complex ones, are often forgotten by us. Sometimes it happens that we write down their meaning only on paper, which is soon lost. In general, the situation is typical. Beginners sometimes frighten the fact that with a forgotten password it is impossible to enter the system. They do not know what to do in such cases. Formally, without a password (if it is installed and enabled), you can not log into the system, but this situation can still be corrected. How to do it, learn from our article. So, how to remove the password from Windows 7?

About SAM

On the seventh version of the Windows operating system, however, like on XP, the SAM system is used to store keys and usernames. All the information that is in it is reliably protected from hacking. Therefore, in order to learn the forgotten password, you will have to spend a lot of time and effort. However, there are ways of hacking easier. And their main essence is to reset the password and replace its values with new ones. That is, you will not be able to unravel the old information to the user "Admin" or "Guest", but you can enter the computer after the first reset. To do this, you need to use several programs, which we will tell you a little later.

It's also worth noting that when the OS is started, you can not "get into" the password store and change any information there. That's why programs for resetting keys must be downloaded from another computer to a separate DVD / CD-ROM or on a USB flash drive.

And now about utilities

The most famous program for resetting passwords in computers with Windows OS is Offline NT Registry and Password editor. This utility is able to work with almost all operating systems. This is XP, and Vista, and Windows 7.

How to use it?

Before you can remove the Windows 7 password, you need to have access to another computer that does not use security keys or their values are known to you. A notebook is either a stationary system unit - it does not matter. The main thing - that he had access to the Internet. So, go to the World Wide Web and enter in the search engine key (for example, download NT Registry and Password editor). Download the program and save the exe-installer to a flash drive or disk. After you have burned the image to disk, you can start resetting the password. Unfortunately, this program does not have a graphical interface, but to understand the principle of its operation is not very difficult. We insert a flash drive or disk into the "password-protected" computer and wait for the dialog box to appear. Sometimes, to enable this program, you need to press the F6 button at one point when the OS starts (similar actions are performed when installing a new operating system on the computer). In general, this utility runs itself, and all that is required of you is to press the Enter key.

What should I do with the command line?

Boot from the removable media of the program and select the partition number on which your "operating system" is installed. In case of an error, you must start the computer again. Next, the program asks you to specify the path to the folder where the key storage file (that is, the SAM system) is located. This line should appear: X: / Windows / System32 / config . This is the path to the password file. If the line is not completely completed, add it with the appropriate characters. Now select the item called Password reset (it's listed first).

Then everything will be easy. After Password reset, select Edit user data and password. He is also on the list first. Now here it is necessary to enter the user name or its identifier in the format 0xabcd. The last 4 digits are the RID specified in the I column. It is useful to us in the event that the name of the user (user) is displayed incorrectly or it can not be entered correctly.

Now click on the item 1 - reset the password. Also you can change it. To do this, select section number 2 "Change Password". Then press the "!" Sign and the enter key at the same time. So you exit the edit mode.

To remove the administrator password for Windows 7, enter the "q" character, press enter, then "y" and the enter key. Everything - the password has almost been discarded. To exit, type "n" and remove the USB flash drive or disk from the drive. Next, make a combination Alt + Ctrl + Del - with this command you will reboot your computer. All - the password for the Windows 7 account was successfully reset! By the time for all this work you will take no more than 1 hour together with the download and installation of the program.

Are there any risks?

There are no risks when resetting the password, even if you use this method for the first time. Files, folders and data will not disappear after that, as when uninstalling the operating system from drive C. After resetting the password, you will see the same familiar desktop with all the saved shortcuts. That is, affecting the depths of the system (key file SAM), even intuitive actions you will not harm your computer. Everything is very simple and safe.

How to remove the password from Windows 7? Method number 2

Here's another option for resetting the password on the Windows 7 operating system. To do this, you will need to prepare the installation CD with "Winda" in advance. In this case, you will enable the hidden administrator account by editing the registry from the OS installation environment. In the future, you can log in with this account and edit at any time the password information of any account that is registered on this computer. This will save a lot of time. By default, "Admin" does not have a registered password, which only plays into the hands.

What do we need for this?

All that is required of you is the original installation disc with the operating system. It is from it that we will load and restore / reset the protection in the SAM system.

So, how to remove the password from Windows 7? To do this, we need to boot from the installation disk and press the key combination Shift + F10. So we call the command line. Here, enter the value of "regedit" and press the enter key.

After the Registry Editor starts , you need to go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE section. To do this, select "File" - "Load Hive ... ..". In the English version of the installation disc, it will look like this: File - Load hive ... Now open the SAM file. It is located in the folder at / Windows / System32 / config (that is, where the operating system is installed). When you open the SAM system, the computer prompts you to enter the value of the loaded hive. Here you can type any combination of symbols and keys.

After that, select the partition that is located at KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / bushname / SAM / Domains / Account Users / 000001F4. Double-click the right mouse button on the F key. The editor will appear on the screen, in which you will have to go to the first line of 038 (this is 11). This value must be changed to 10. Do not change any more data. Other numbers can not be added or deleted. To disable the password on Windows 7, select the hive "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / bush name". Then in the menu, choose File - Unload Hive. On English versions of Windows, you need to select File - Unload hive. Now confirm the unloading of the hive and restart the computer. You first need to remove the installation disk from it.

But that is not all. To reset the password for Windows 7, do a few more things:

1. Login to the system under the Admin account.
2. In the control panel, select the "user management" section. Here you can delete the password of Windows 7.
3. Change the forgotten password for a new one or reset it.

It is worth noting that here you can change the key not only on the administrator account, but also on other accounts.

How to bypass the password of Windows 7? Method number 3

This is probably the most complicated method for resetting these keys from a SAM file. And all the complexity and danger lies in the fact that here we will deal with the substitution of system files.

As you know, in every "Wind" is installed by default the function of sticking keys. Sooner or later everyone faces it - if you press the Shift key five or eight times or more on the keyboard, a short but very nasty sound will sound from the speakers, and a small window will appear on the screen.

This window belongs to the helper program sethc.exe. The latter is at the heart of the system directory OS. It also starts on the welcome screen, namely when you are prompted to select a user account and enter a password. This useless program you can replace with something more interesting, for example, to cmd.exe (command line). Naturally, it will not appear every time you start, but only if you boot from the installation disk and press the key combination Shift + F10.

How does it work?

To start the password reset, it is necessary with the symbol-letter of the disk on which the OS is installed. To do this, just type "dir." On the command line. C: "and view the contents of the root of the partition.

After copy the original file sethc.exe to the root of the disk folder, and replace the second one with cmd.exe.

Then reboot the computer and press the Shift key several times (until the command line is displayed on the screen). Enter the user name and new password in it as follows: net user username new_password. A good example: net user admin 12345.

The values may be different, but the "net user", which is at the beginning of the line, remains unchanged. Also, when entering a password, you can not put a space. And the user name should strictly correspond to reality. If this is an administrator, then admin. If the guest, then after the "net user" is entered Cyrillic meaning "guest" and so on.

A similar algorithm for resetting the password can also be observed in the Windows operating system. Therefore, even if you are familiar with the "seven" quite recently, knowing XP, it will be very easy for you to work with this OS.

How to view the password of Windows 7? To do this, unfortunately, is impossible. You will only have to reset and set a new value.

All - now you can safely log into the system. Further, at your discretion, you can reset it or change these values again.

If to judge objectively, the fastest and easiest way to reset passwords is the first way. However, this does not mean that the other two are not effective.

Conclusion

So, we figured out how to remove the password from Windows 7. Choose any of the three above methods and reset the passwords at any time in minutes. Good luck!