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If you followed my last tip on how to reset your password, then you currently have no password. In Vista, that isn’t a big deal; Since Windows XP, accounts with blank passwords cannot be used to logon to a computer remotely, so you only need to worry about those that have direct access to your PC. If there are other people that use your computer, you may then wish to have at least some level of security by assigning a password.
To set or change your password:
- Press CTR+ALT+DEL. You’ll see a screen with a menu of options. Click on Change a password….
- If you already have a password, enter it in the Old Password field, otherwise, leave it blank.
- Enter your new password in the New Password field and the Confirm Password field. If you need help thinking of a good one, here’s a post with a tip on how to create a strong password that you can remember. Once you’ve typed it in twice, click the blue arrow to proceed.
- Your password is changed! Click the OK button to continue on your merry way. If you had any services or features that used your credentials to login, you may need to change them manually.
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Comments
T&k
Apr 19, 2007 at 2:38 am
Sorry but this is anything but useful. Put some more effort in this!
Joe
Apr 19, 2007 at 8:21 am
Were you unable to set/change your password after following these instructions?
Dan
Apr 26, 2007 at 8:54 am
Probably after step 1, T&K was unable to go any further since you didn’t indicate that one must click the “Change a password” button…
Joe
Apr 26, 2007 at 9:29 am
That is a relatively important step. I’ve added it to the instructions, thanks Dan!
dang
Sep 5, 2007 at 4:21 pm
I tried changing my password as described, but then I get an “Access is Denied” errror. I am using Windows Vista Business.
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harry
Sep 16, 2008 at 2:37 am
hi. i have just 1 account on my laptop with admin privilledges. when i try to change the pass for this account it always gives me “incorrect password”. notice that i can logon just fine with that password. i just can’t change it! any thoughts plz?
Diane
Oct 28, 2008 at 9:47 am
When I try to change my vista password, it gives me “incorrect password” but i can logon just fine with that password. I can’t seem to chance it! Any advice how to do this?
happykaka
Oct 9, 2009 at 10:12 pm
do you know your password? If you known, you can change the passwords via control panel.
Step 1: Open the “Control Panel
Step 2: Click the “User Account
Step 3: Select the account you wanna delet the password.
Step 4: Delete the Password
If you forgot the password or lost the password, as following,
1. Log onto a computer that can link to the Internet. Download Windows Password Unlocker 4.0 from http://sn.im/wpu and decompress it on that PC. Note that: there is a .ISO file. Burn the .ISO file to a CD.
2.Get out the newly created CD and insert it to the locked computer.
3.Re-boot the locked computer and then follow the process of instructions. Just after a few steps, the old password will be removed.
Michael Armstrong
Dec 26, 2009 at 2:44 am
If you forget administrator password but still can log on Windows with other user names that have administrative privileges, you may follow the instructions below:
Right click the computer icon on your desktop, select Manage, find Local Users and Groups, unfold Users folder, right click Administrator, click Set password… in the menu comes up. Click Proceed in the dialog, in the pop-up, enter a New Password and confirm it. Your administrator’s password is successfully reset.
Guest account may help to log onto Windows, but it has no privilege for you to do the above to reset administrator password.
If you forgot all user passwords and failed to log onto Windows, there is no other way but to format the OS and reinstall Windows, or resort to sort of software tools to remove the password and log onto Windows. These programs cost some bucks, but are worthy and better than to reinstall the OS causing consequences. The most popular programs are Windows Password Reset 6.0 etc. Generally, these programs are easy to use though turn out to be a scary command prompt to newbie. But do relax and you can fully manipulate. Let’s take Windows Password Reset 6.0 for example. You prepare a blank CD, burn the program onto the CD, boot the locked computer from the CD, come to initiate the program, locate the user name, and proceed to remove its password – all are at ease.
Chris
Jan 27, 2010 at 10:05 pm
thanx your post. We can reset windows user account password in safe mode(F8 when booting up). But if you forgot administrator password, you must reinstall windows OS or use windows password recovery disk.
http://www.windowsloginrecovery.com
fiona
Feb 22, 2010 at 10:14 pm
I used Windows Password Unlocker to reset Windows Vista password. Windows Password Unlocker is a professional Windows password recovery tool for those who have lost or forgot Windows passwords including Windows Vista password, Windows XP password recovery…
czpuck
Feb 26, 2010 at 5:10 am
I know a simple way to bypass windows password when you forgot windows administrator password http://www.anypasswordrecovery.com/ ,it need not to reinstall windows OS,and wont loss any data,by using “Any Windows Password Recovery 3.0 “. Maybe this could help you.
Tim
Mar 8, 2010 at 5:26 am
If you lost windows password. You can use windows password recovery software to recover windows password.
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