Windows 7/8/10 Password Recovery tools

Summary: As the forgetful person, password will be a panic to remember. This question is very particular on Windows users. When you suffer from password on Windows computer, the Windows password recovery tools will be the solution. In the following description, we will collect 6 programs to help you recover or reset the admin password on Windows 10/8/7 computer and more.

• Part 1. Windows password recovery tools
• Part 2. How to reset password on Windows computer

Part 1. Windows password recovery tools

iSeePassword Windows Password Recovery Pro

Price: $29.95

Platform: Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000, 2003/2008/2012 servers etc.

Feature:

• 1. Reset lost or forgotten local Administrator password instantly.
• 2. Remove Domain Administrator and other domain user passwords for Windows.
• 3. Reset passwords with a bootable CD, DVD or USB flash drive.
• 4. Create a new administrator account easily to access your computer directly.

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Ophcrack

Price: Free

Platform: Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP.

Feature:

• 1. Software is freely available for download online.
• 2. Passwords are recovered automatically using the LiveCD method.
• 3. No software installation is necessary to recover passwords.
• 4. Passwords greater than 14 characters cannot be cracked.

Cain & Abel

Price: Free

Platform: Windows XP, 2000, NT.

Feature:

• 1. Program must be installed on the hard drive, unlike many other password recovery tools.
• 2. Several methods can be employed to crack passwords.
• 3. Variety of other built-in hacking tools might intimidate novice users.

Lazesoft Recover My Password Home Edition

Price: Free

Platform: Windows 10, 8, 8.1, 7, Vista, XP, 2000.

Feature:

• 1. Reset password with a bootable CD/DVD or USB drive.
• 2. Easy to install and use with a very handy and clear user interface.
• 3. WinPE Recovery CD Builder.
• 4. Resets local Administrator password.

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Windows Password Recovery Tool Ultimate

Price: $44.95

Platform: Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000, NT, Server 2012/2008/2003.

Feature:

• 1. Boot disk or a USB drive.
• 2. Reset or remove passwords quickly.
• 3. Change local or domain admin and user password and create a new local or domain administrator account.

Offline NT Password & Registry Editor

Price: Free

Platform: Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000, 2003/2008/2012 servers etc.

Feature:

• 1. Burn disc or flash drive created with the Offline NT Password & Registry Editor ISO file.
• 2. Program's ISO image is much smaller than those of other password recovery tools.
• 3. Offline NT Password tool is completely text based which is a little inconvenient.

Part 2. How to reset password on Windows computer

In this part, we will take one of the above Windows password recovery tools, iSeePassword Windows Password Recovery Pro, as the example to direct you how to reset password on your Windows computer.

What you need:

A USB driver with no less than 512MB or a blank DVD or CD. The USB will be formatted, so you should back up the data of your USB drive.

An accessible computer (not the locked one)

The password recovery program.

Step 1 Download, install, and run this software on an accessible computer. Here there are two ways to create password reset: with CD/DVD and USB flash drive.

Step 2 Here we take USB drive as the example. Insert your USB drive and click "Burn USB" to start to write ISO image to USB drive

Step 3 Plug out of the successful USB drive and insert it in to the locked computer. Reboot it and boot the computer from USB drive with "Boot Menu".

For boot the computer from USB drive, you need to change BISO:

Restart your locked computer, and repeatedly press Del or F1 or F2 or F8 or F10 during the initial startup screen > Use the up and down arrows to select the "USB flash drive" and move to the top of hard drives > Press F10 to save and exit. Restart your computer, this time, it will boot from USB drive.

Step 4After your locked computer restarts from USB drive, the pop-up window will appear for your settings:

Select a Windows

Select the target user, which you want to reset the password

Reset Password

Reboot

Till now, you could remove the original password and reset a new password on your Windows computer easily.

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