Windows Password Recovery Tips

If you have forgotten the password to your Windows computer, the good news is that you can regain access to your PC again pretty easily. The bad news is that there are only two ways to achieve this, and one of them will wipe all the data from your system! This tutorial is going to show you what you need to do to reset the password on your PC, so that you can log in again without losing any of your data, files or settings.

The way to reset the password on your computer is to change the files on your hard drive that store it. When you set the admin password for your PC, it will have been saved in a series of files & settings on your system. These files will tell your computer which password you set, and will then allow it to compare against this stored password when you try and log in. The reason why you cannot login is because the passwords you are inputting do not match with these stored passwords. The only way to fix this problem is to either get the password correct or to reset the stored password so that Windows just logs you in automatically.

There are two ways to reset a Windows password - you can either reinstall your entire system or you can get a small Windows password recovery tool to reset the stored password files. Considering that reinstalling your system will wipe all your data clean, many people prefer to use a password reset software program to get rid of the password on their system.

The most popular & least disruptive way to reset your Windows password is to use a "password reset" software tool. These are programs that basically load up on your locked PC and change the stored password on your hard drive. They work by loading up before Windows (they run off a CD) and then running in MS-DOS mode. This allows these programs to bypass many of the security measures that the fully-featured Windows system has, allowing it to change the important password files that are preventing you from logging in.

You can use these programs to quickly reset the password on any Windows system, and are very easy to use. The choices you have are to use one of these tools or reinstall Windows. And as the re-installation option will wipe all your data, many computer users are opting for the Windows password recovery software when they forgot Windows 7 password.