Password Recovery Tips for Windows Vista Users

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Although many Windows Vista users switched to Windows XP or the hottest Windows 7, there are some users stick to this operating system. Recently I often come across problems like “How can I reset or recover my forgotten Vista password?” So here will lost 5 helpful Windows Vista password recovery tips.

Tip 1: Use Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery

Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery offers you the easiest and safest way to reset the forgotten Windows login password on Windows Vista. With this effective tool, it’s no need to re-install Windows system or resort to others when you forgot Vista password. All you need to do is to reset it in 4 simple steps.

1. Download and install Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery.

2. Create a Windows Vista password reset USB /CD/DVD.

3. Boot the Vista machine from USB/CD/DVD.

4. Reset Windows Vista password in a few clicks.

Tip 2: Use password reset disk

Windows Vista incorporates built-in features to enable you create a password reset disk in case you may forgot the password in future. If you have a password reset disk in hand, please follow the steps listed below.

1. Input an incorrect password on the Vista logon screen, and then press Enter.

2. Click “Reset password” link when it appears.

3. A password reset wizard will come up. Insert your password reset disk in computer.

4. Click Next on the wizard and follow its steps to reset Vista password to a new one.

Tip 3: Use alternate admin account

If you have more than one administrator account in Vista a, you can use it to reset your own account’s password.

1. Login to the administrator account.

2. Click on Start, Control Panel and User Accounts.

3. Select your user account and click “Change Password.” Enter a new password or select “Remove the Password”.

Tip 4: Use Ophcrack

Ophcrack is a free Windows password recovery based on rainbow tables. It is a very efficient implementation of rainbow tables done by the inventors of the method.

1. Load the Ophcrack CD to the computer, install and run it.

2. Click on Load and select the appropriate password LM (LAN Manager) hash to use or choose PWDUMP File if the hash was dumped and saved using pwdump2.

3. Otherwise choose encrypted SAM to allow Ophcrack to dump the hashes from the SAM and SYSTEM files retrieved from a Windows machine while booting on another disk.

4. Click Tables, and select the location or folder to store the rainbow hash tables downloaded or installed by the installer.

5. Select the type of tables you wish to use.

6. Click Launch to start the cracking process.

Tip 5: Reinstall Windows

This is the last option to use if you can’t log in to your computer through any other method. This will delete all information on your computer.

1. Insert the Windows boot disk into the computer’s CD-ROM or DVD drive.

2. Restart the computer. Press any key when the computer prompts you to do so.

3. Follow the directions on the screen to reinstall Windows and set up a new administrator account.

Windows 7 Tips Everyone Should Know

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If you’ve just updated to Windows 7 from Windows Vista or Windows XP, please remember to add a strong Windows password to protect your PC from authorized users. The following are 4 simple tips if you intend to set a Windows 7 password.

1. Add a strong Windows 7 password

Using a strong password is among the most important steps you can take to protect your computer from hackers and unauthorized users. For a strong Windows 7 password, it should be 8 characters long at least, consisting of letters, numbers and symbols. Please never set a common password like “123456″ and “password”, and please don’t use your Windows 7 password everywhere.

Step 1. Open the User Accounts window by clicking Start button, Control Panel, Family Safety and User Accounts, User Accounts.

Step 2. Click on Create a password for your account link.

Step 3. Type your password, type your password again to confirm it, type password hint and then click the Create Password button.

2. Create a password reset disk

When you forgot Windows 7 password, a password reset disk allows you to change the lost password to a new one in seconds sothat you can access computer files again. The only problem is that you have to create the password reset disk before your Windows 7 password is forgotten. Otherwise, you have to look for other solutions to resolving your problem.

Step 1. Open the User Accounts window by clicking Start button, Control Panel, Family Safety and User Accounts, User Accounts.

Step 2. In the left pane, click Create a password reset disk, and then follow the instructions.

Tip: Make sure you store the password reset disk in a safe place as everyone can use it to change your password if he can get physical access to it.

3. Change your Windows 7 password regularly

A good password is the first line of defense against those who wish to gain access to our computers and the important data they contain. But you can keep your PC more secure by changing your password on a regular basis.

Step 1. Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE, and then click Change a password.

Step 2. Type your old password, type your new password, type your new password again to confirm it, and then press ENTER.

4. Reset forgotten Windows 7 password

The easiest way to reset forgotten Windows 7 password is to use the password reset disk as mentioned above. But many Windows 7 users forgot to create a password reset disk in advance. Under this circumstance, the most effective solution to solving the problem is to seek for a powerful Windows password reset tool, like Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery which allows you to instantly reset forgotten Windows 7 password by creating a bootable password reset USB/CD/DVD in 5 minutes.

Forgot Windows Server Password?

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Losing a password for a Windows account can be anything from a pain to a disaster. Fortunately, we are able to make preparations for such an eventuality by creating a password reset disk through the built-in tools of Windows 7/Vista/7.

Here comes another problem: what if your computer runs on Windows server 2008(R2)/2003(R2)? What will you do to reset or recover lost Windows server password? It seems to be impossible for one to create a password reset disk in Windows servers.

If you come across a forgotten Windows server password in reality, my suggestion is to use Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery Enterprise, which lets you to reset any forgotten Windows server password instantly in a few minutes without any reformatting disk, data loss or damage. No matter whether you forgot domain administrator password or local administrator password, it will work well for you.

Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery Enterprise is professionally designed to reset forgotten Windows local administrator password, domain administrator password and other user account passwords by creating a bootable password reset disk with a CD/DVD or USB flash drive. It supports Windows server 2008 (R2)/2003(R2)/2000. Besides, it also works for Windows 7/Vista/XP. By resetting forgotten Windows server password through this powerful utility, no any data or computer settings loss or damage issues appear.

Before getting start, it’s required to prepare the following things:
1. A PC that allows you to download and install the Windows password recovery tool
2. A USB flash drive or CD/DVD

Note: A CD drive is required for CD/DVD.

When the things are ready, get started by following the steps listed below:
1. Download and install Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery Enterprise.

2. Create a password reset disk with a CD/DVD or USB drive.

3. Set BIOS of your locked server machine to boot from CD/DVD or USB.

4. Reset Windows server password within a few clicks.

How to Find My Forgotten Vista User Password?

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Problem: I’m looking to find the password to an account on a Windows Vista computer. Remember, Vista. I forgot the password. I’m not looking to reset/change the password, but I’d like to know what the password is. Is there anyway to find this? If possible, I’d like to do this without creating another user.

Solution: Find Vista password using Windows Password Cracker
Generally speaking, most lost Windows Vista password users prefer to use a Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery to reset or change the lost password rather than to crack it as it’s more convenient and less time-consuming. But if you insist on cracking your lost Vista password, chances are still there as long as you can find a powerful Windows Vista password cracker. Here will recommend 2 free Windows password crackers for you.

1. Ophcrack
Ophcrack is by far the most popular free Windows password cracker available. The program basically uses something called a Rainbow Table which will go through a list or dictionary of computer hashes and passwords trying to crack the password located in the Windows SAMs file (file containing all user passwords).

With Ophcrack, you don’t need any access to Windows to be able to recover your lost passwords. Simply visit the site, download the free ISO image, burn it to a CD and boot from the CD. The Ophcrack program starts, locates the Windows user accounts, and proceeds to recover (crack) the passwords – all automatically.

2. Cain & Abel
Cain & Abel is a Windows password recovery tool for Microsoft operating systems. It allows easy recovery of various kinds of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using dictionary and brute force attacks, decoding scrambled passwords, revealing password boxes, uncovering cached passwords and analyzing routing protocols.

1. Download a rainbow table before using Cain & Abel.

2. Open the “Cain” program and then click on the Cracker tab.

3. On the left, click on the LM & LTLM Hashes and then click the big blue plus sign on the Cain toolbar. Make sure the Import Hashes from local system radio button is checked and click Next. All the user accounts will be loaded to the right.

4. Right-click on the username you need the password for, choose Cryptanalysis Attack , LM Hashes, via RainbowTables.

5. In the LM Hashes cryptanalysis window, click the … button and choose the folder you extracted the free rainbow tables to.

6. Click OK and then Start.

How to Change Your User Password in Windows Vista?

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How to change your Windows Vista user password?

In the previous article, we’ve discussed about how to change your Windows 7 user account password. So here will talk about what if you want to change user password in Windows Vista. The methods I can figure out are listed as below.

Method 1. Use Control Panel
Step 1.Click Start button, Control Panel, Family Safety and User Accounts, User Accounts.
Step 2. Click “change your password” under Make changes to your user account.
Step 3. Type your old password, type your new password, type your new password again to confirm it, and then click Change password button.

Method 2. Use Ctrl+Alt+Del
Step 1. Press Ctrl+Alt+Del, and then click “Change a password” in the following window.
Step 2. Type the old password, type a new password, type the new password again to confirm it, and then press Enter.

Method 3. Use ”control userpasswords2”
Step 1. Press Windows + R to bring up the Run box.
Step 2. Enter ”control userpasswords2” in the Run box and click OK.
Step 3. Select your target user account and click “Reset Password” button.
Step 4. Type your new password, type the new password again to confirm it, and press Enter.

Method 4. Use” lusrmgr.msc”
Step 1. Click Start button, enter ” lusrmgr.msc” in the text search box and press Enter.
Step 2. On the coming Local Groups and Users window, expand Users folder.
Step 3. Right-click your target user account, and then select “Set Passwords”.
Step 4. Click Proceed, and then enter and confirm your new password.

Tips: If you need to change Windows Vista password as you forgot it, you can use the password reset disk or Rekeysoft Windows password recovery to work around it.

What to Do If You Forgot Computer Administrator Password?

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If you lost or forgot your computer admin password, you can reset or remove it in order to regain access to your computer again. In this article, it will tell you how to remove computer admin password after forgetting it on Windows and Mac.

For Windows Users

Being a Windows 7/Vista/XP user, you are able to create a password reset disk for the admin account after adding a password to it. So when you forgot the admin password, you can change the forgotten Windows password in seconds.

If you never create a password reset disk in advance, it doesn’t matter as long as you can log into your Windows through another user account with admin privileges. After logging to this user account, you can type “lusrmgr.msc” in the Start search box to bring up the Local Users and Groups window. Next expand the User folder and you’ll see the administrator account, right-click it and select Reset password to reset its password to a new one.

Never feel frustrated if the above information doesn’t do you a favor. Efficient Windows password reset applications are always out there to fix your problem. Take Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery for example, it allows you to burn a bootable password reset USB or CD/DVD in any computer. To reset your forgotten computer administrator password, you just need to boot the target computer from the disk for password reset. It will cost you a few minutes. 100% secure is guaranteed. No data loss or damage.

For Mac users

If you are running a Mac, the Administrator account is enabled by default. This account is not required to be named “administrator”, but it does have administrative privileges that enable you to make any changes on the computer system. When you forgot the admin password, you can take advantage of the installation CD/DVD to remove it.

1. Insert the Mac OS X installation CD/DVD and restart your computer.
2. Hold in the “C” key immediately after the Mac startup sound comes on to boot from the disc.
4. Click the desired display language, and then click the “Next” button.
5. Click the “Utilities” menu.
6. Click “Reset password”.
7. Click the Apple computer’s internal hard drive.
8. Click the administrative account from which you want to remove the password.
9. Leave the password boxes clear and click the “Save” button to remove the password.
10. Click “OK” and restart the computer.

Forgot Acer Aspire Password? How to Reset It?

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Question: I forgot my Acer Aspire password and I cannot get in it now. It runs on Windows XP, and it doesn’t have a CD ROM. How can I reset my password and gain access to my laptop again?

Since the Acer Aspire runs on Windows XP, you can try to get back in it by pressing Crl+Alt+Del twice on the logon screen. On the following dialog box, enter “administrator” in the user name box and press Enter. If the built-in administrator is not password protected, you’ll be able to access the Acer computer again.

After logging into your Acer, you can start to reset the forgotten Acer password. To do this, log into that accessible admin account, type “lusrmgr.msc” in the Run box. Press Enter to bring the Local users and groups window. Next expand the folder named users and it will display all the user accounts on this computer. Right-click the target user and select Set password to assign a new password for the target user account.

Don’t work? Don’t worry! You still have opportunities to regain access to your computer. That’s to reset the Windows XP password on the Acer with additional Windows password recovery tools.

Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery is a great Windows password recovery apps used by over 89,065 customers. It offers you an easy, instant and secure way to reset your forgotten login passwords to Windows 7/Vista/XP and Windows servers. It’s easy and fast to use for everyone, even newbie. What’s better, it lets you reset Windows password in 5 minutes without any data loss or damage. The password reset rate is 100%。

Requirement: USB flash drive; a PC for software download and install.

How-to:
Step 1. Download and install Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery in any PC that you can login as admin.
Step 2. Burn a bootable password reset disk with a USB flash drive in seconds.
Step 3. Start the PC that you want to reset password of form the bootable disk and reset the forgotten Windows password to blank.

How to Reset Windows 7 Password by Using Its Installation Disc?

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Passwords are good but they can be easily forgotten. A forgotten password sometimes brings you troubles, even disasters. Luckily, there always exits some approaches to recover or reset a forgotten password. Here’s a look at how to reset Windows 7 password with an installation disc.

You might have been told to use a password reset disk or another admin account to reset a forgotten Windows 7 password. But for most users, these are unless when they get the Windows password forgotten. The password reset disk must be created before your password is forgotten while most users forgot the only administrator password. If you are one of those users, please try to use your installation disc instead. Don’t have one? Still doesn’t matter. Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery is always available.

Reset Windows 7 password with an installation disc

By using this method, all you need is a copy of the Windows installation disk and Sticky Keys trick (an accessibility feature that allows a user to tap the Shift, Ctrl, Alt, or Windows key once to achieve the same effect as holding the key down).

1. Boot your computer from the installation disc.

2. After loading the setup files, select your language and click Next -> click the Repair your computer link on the Install Windows screen -> select the operating system to repair and click Next -> click Command Prompt to open a command prompt window.

3. On the command prompt, type “copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\” and press Enter. And then type “copy /y c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe” and press Enter.

4. Reboot the computer. On the logon screen, tap Shift five times and you’ll see an administrator mode command prompt.

5. Now you can reset the password. Just type “net user MyUserName MyNewPassword” (replace the MyUserName and MyUserPassword with the combination you want) and press Enter.

6. Exit the Command Prompt, and log into the computer using your new password.

Notes:

1. To prevent other users from using the same trick to reset your password, you put the original sethc.exe file back. Reboot your computer form the installation CD and then open the command prompt by taking steps above. Next type “copy /y c:\sethc.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe” and press Enter.

2. By taking this method, you will lose access to encrypted files, encrypted email messages, and stored passwords for Internet Explorer and network resources. Remember to back up your important data regularly.

Reset Windows 7 password without a installation disc

Don’t have an installation disc at hand? Don’t worry! You still have opportunities to reset your forgotten Windows 7 password. That’s to use Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery. This Windows password reset app allows you to burn a bootable password reset CD/DVD/USB and reset the forgotten password instantly. 100% security is guaranteed.

1. Download and install Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery in any other PC.

2. Burn a bootable Windows password reset disk with a CD/DVD or USB flash drive in seconds.

3. Boot the computer that you want to reset password of from the password reset CD/DVD/USB.

4. Reset your forgotten password to blank by following the instructions of DOS command prompt. This takes you only 1-2 minutes.

5. Reboot computer and log into your computer without password.

Forgot Login Password of My Laptop?

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Q:  My O.S is windows 7. I kept important data on desktop and also in C drive in which the O.S installed. Now I forgot password. Can anyone suggest how to get that password or recover that data without doing damage to that data?  It’s urgent.

Come across a similar problem? Don’t worry! Here it will shows you how to regain access to your PC when you forgot Windows 7 password. As there is important data stored on the C drive, Windows reinstallation and system restore are beyond your consideration. And you are urgent to fix this problem, so my suggestion is to use a program called Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery.

Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery provides you an easy and instant way to get back in your locked PC by resetting the lost login password or creating a new admin account. 100% security is guaranteed. No any data loss or damage. More important, the password reset rate of this program is nearly 100%. For any problem, please contact its free technical support.

To reset forgotten Windows 7 password with Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery, you need to prepare two PCs. One is the computer that you forgot login password of and the other can be any PC as long as you can log in as admin for software download and installation. Additionally, a USB flash drive or CD/DVD is also required.

Time required: about 5 minutes

Steps for Windows Password Recovery

Step 1. Download and install Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery in the PC that you can log in as admin.
Step 2. Launch Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery, and burn a bootable Windows password recovery with a USB drive or CD/DVD.
Step 3. Boot the PC that you forgot login password of from the burned Windows password recovery disk.
Step 4. You’ll see Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery in WinPE mode. Now you can reset the lost Windows 7 password or create a new admin account to get back in your locked PC.
Step 5. Restart computer and you’ll be able to log into your PC without password. Please remove the burned disk during restarting.

Keep Long Live Your Laptop Battery!

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Laptop batteries are like people–eventually and inevitably, they die. And like people, they don’t obey Moore’s Law–You can’t expect next year’s batteries to last twice as long as this year’s. Battery technology may improve a bit over time (after all, there’s plenty of financial incentive for better batteries), but, while interesting possibilities may pop up, don’t expect major battery breakthroughs in the near future.

Don’t Run It Down to Empty
Squeezing every drop of juice out of a lithium ion battery (the type used in today’s laptops) strains and weakens it. Doing this once or twice won’t kill the battery, but the cumulative effect of frequently emptying your battery will shorten its lifespan.

Keep It Cool
Heat breaks down the battery, and reduces its overall life.

When you use your laptop, make sure the vents are unblocked. Never work with the laptop on pillows or cushions. If possible, put it on a raised stand that allows for plenty of airflow.
Also, clean the vents every so often with a can of compressed air. You can buy this for a few dollars at any computer store. Be sure to follow the directions on the can, and do this only when the notebook is off.

Give It a Rest
If you’re going to be working exclusively on AC power for a week or more, remove the battery first.
Otherwise, you’ll be wearing out the battery–constantly charging and discharging it–at a time when you don’t need to use it at all. You’re also heating it up (see “Keep It Cool,” above).

By the way, if you forgot your bios password, it is helpful for you to take off the battery to regain access into it.  But if you forgot Windows 7 password or other kinds of  Windows OS, it is better to do Windows 7 password recovery with a  proven Windows password recovery tool.