Reset Windows 7 Password

I sure hope you’re not being naughty.

Get to your command prompt via your recovery partition, Repair Windows selection, or an install disc.

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

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

You can replace sethc.exe with utilman.exe in some instances

RESTART

Press SHIFT five (5) times (utilman.exe you click bottom left of screen)

Command Prompt

Type ‘control userpasswords2’ or use ‘netplwiz’ and edit

OR type

net user name password –or- net user “firstname lastname” password

LOGIN

Do a happy dance. Yay. Err Yay!

Undo the file copies that you did by going back to the command prompt from the Windows PE environment.

This was written in our own words. And is not a ‘play by play’. You need to know some computer-y thing-y type stuffs to get’er right.

We are not responsible for anything you do on your computer or any mistakes that you make attempting these walk-throughs. Proceed at your own risk. If you’re not sure about what you’re doing then we’re sure you should not be doing it.