 Technical
Questions
 Question: I have forgotten my Windows password. How do I get in?
 Answer:
Assuming you have physical access to the machine, you can boot from a floppy or a bootable CD to reset the password.
- Prepare a bootable floppy or bootable CD. The bootable floppy or bootable CD contains things needed to edit the passwords on most systems. If you don't want to prepare a bootable disk yourself, you can order a ready-to-use bootable CD on our BUY NOW page.
Learn how to prepare a bootable floppy here.
Learn how to prepare a bootable CD here.
- Boot from the floppy, USB drive or
CD/DVD-ROM and follow the instructions on the screen.
- You may scan a logical drive or all logical drives for MS SAM database. When SAM database is detected you will have access to the users' accounts information. After you select a specific user account you can see the account information and clear the user's password. Other Windows login security restrictions like 'Account
is disabled', 'Password never expires', 'Account
is locked out', 'User Must Change Password at Next Logon'
and 'Logon Hours' can be changed or reset.
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