Unlock Windows 7 Admin Password by Restoring Windows 7 to a Previous State
If you configured a new password recently and can still remember the
password you used before, then you can restore your computer to a
certain point before you changed the password, however, you'll have the
reinstall all the apps before the backup point since it'll be all
erased, here's how to do a system restore.
- Step 1: Insert Windows 7 setup DVD and restart your computer.
- Step 2: Press any key to continue when you get the "Press any key" message.
- Step 3: Define settings for the language to be installed, time and currency formats and keyboards and input, etc. Click "Next".
- Step 4: Click "Repair the computer" and choose the target system, click "Next".
- Step 5: Click "System restore" and confirm by clicking "Next".
- Step 6: Confirm the disk you want to restore form, click "Next".
- Step 7: Click "Finish" and click "Yes" after receiving a hint. Restart your computer, after successfully logging in, unlock Windows 7 administrator password by changing the password that you forgot.
Now, you succeeded in your effort to unlock administrator account password in Windows 7 with a Windows 7 restore disk.
