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First of all you have to create a password Reset disk, to create a password reset disk you must have an administrator account on Vista / Windows 7. Log in to your account and Follow these steps: –
Insert your USB Flash Drive in to the System
Once the Drive is ready to use, Click User Accounts and Family Safety link and then go to user Accounts.
On the left hand side you will see an option to create a Password Reset Disk. Click on that link.
On Clicking that, you will see a Forgotten Password Wizard window appears, click Next . After that You need to select a portable media which in our case is our USB Flash drive.
After that Click Next, and then it will ask for your current account password.
After that Click Next, And Vista / Windows 7 will start creating Password reset Disk, Once the status bar show 100% progress click Next and then Finish. Now you have your own Password Reset USB Drive which you can use to reset Password.
How to Use Password Reset USB Flash Drive
Now, you have your Password rest Flash Drive, You can use it in case when you forget your password.
On the Login screen, Insert Your USB Flash Drive and Click on password reset Link.
The Password Reset Wizard Will open and then You have to select your Password Reset USB Flash Drive and then click Next.
After that, It will ask you for a new Password.
Type in Your New Password and Then Click Next and then Finish. Now the Password to Windows Vista / Windows 7 has Been Changed and you can log in to the System With the help of your new Password.
Windows is still the most popular operating system, and the method used to discover the login password is the easiest. The program used is called Ophcrack, and it is free. Ophcrack is based on Slackware, and uses rainbow tables to solve passwords up to 14 characters in length. The time required to solve a password? Generally 10 seconds. The expertise needed? None.
Simply download the Ophcrack ISO and burn it to a CD (or load it onto a USB drive via UNetbootin). Insert the CD into a machine you would like to gain access to, then press and hold the power button until the computer shuts down. Turn the computer back on and enter BIOS at startup. Change the boot sequence to CD before HDD, then save and exit.
The computer will restart and Ophcrack will be loaded. Sit back and watch as it does all the work for your. Write down the password it gives you, remove the disc, restart the computer, and log in as if it were you own machine.
