In order to eliminate the Windows * password we must go to the very heart of the operating system and locate the system that protects the best stored treasure (OS passwords), this guard bears the name SAM "Security Account Manager" which we can go to invade your land with the powerful tool of Hiren's boot that with pasisto that we will see next we will manage to recover the password of our computer.
the name of this is NTPWEdit and we must use it together with a Windows based live operating system which hiren's boot has included.
STEPS TO PROCEED WITH THE RECOVERY OF OUR PASSWORD.- We configure the BIOS so that the computer starts with a CD, DVD or USB as the case may be
- Insert the Hiren's Boot CD 15.2 and start the computer
- We start in Mini Windows XP mode
- Now we go to the HBCD Menu icon, then to Programs below to Paswords / Keys we follow Windows Login and finally we execute the NTPWEdit application (Reset User XP / Vista / 7 Password)
- We click on the button (Re) open
- In the user list box we select the user that we want to change the password
- We click on change password
- Next we insert a new password
- We click on OK button
- We click on the button Save Changes
HERE AN IMAGE OF THE PROGRAM THAT SHOWS SOME STEPS.
After these steps we just have to restart, we took the Hiren's Boot CD and started Windows we wrote the new password and we beat the password keeper even though it was heavily encrypted.