Reset/Recover Forgotten Windows Password

1. Insert windows bootable disk or bootable pen drive and then restart your PC.
2. While starting press boot device key on keyboard, boot key varies by computer manufacturer.
3. Select your flash drive. It will boot from it.
4. Click on Repair Your Computer > Troubleshoot >  Advanced Option.
5. You will find command prompt there. Open Command prompt.
6. In command prompt type following :

                       i.      X:\source >c:

                      ii.      C:\> cd Windows

                     iii.      C:\windows> cd System32

                     iv.      C:\windows\system32> ren utilman.exe utilman_bak.exe

                      v.      C:\windows\system32> Copy cmd.exe utilman.exe

                    vi.      C:\windows\system32> exit

7. Now turn off your pc and start it again
8. Click on Ease of Access icon and it will launch cmd
9. Now you have two ways to reset the password:

            First way is:

                       i.      Type   Control userpasswords2 

                     ii.      You will get User Account Window select your user account and Hit reset password

                   iii.      Create new password or leave it blank if you don’t want any password and close it and cmd too.

Second way is:

a.     Type  net user  in command prompt

b.      You will get user accounts.

c.       Type  net user <user_account_name> <new_password>  Hit enter

d.      Type  exit  and login to your computer

1. Now revert the change we made.
2. Browse c>windows >system32 folder
3. Find and delete utilman file.
4. Now rename utilman_bak to utilman
5. But you don’t have permission
6. Let’s get permission :
7. Right click>properties>security>advanced
8. Change permission>click on change
9. Type user name and click on check name.
10. Apply and ok
11. Select user and hit edit
12. Allow full control and apply, ok on every option.
13. Now rename utilman_bak to utilman

Now check Ease of Access should not run command prompt.