Compare windows password reset ways between windows 7 and XP

In Windows 7, safety has greatly been enhanced. So windows 7 password reset manners are different from that in Windows XP to some degree.

Dissimilarities

In Windows XP, the built-in admin is seen in the secure mode login screen and doesn’t have a password by default. Therefore, you can take advantage of the trick to enter safe mode, and then do a password reset disk windows 10 in control panel, or conduct net user control. In Windows 7, it asks you to specify a user account and its password through system setup and then disables built-in admin mechanically. In safe mode, you can’t enable it without administrator privileges. Therefore, the above way of Windows XP isn’t workable for Windows 7.

Similarities

Reset Windows 7 and XP password by following things:

1. Another user accounts with administrator credentials.

If You Can’t log on to Windows by using a particular user account, but you can log on to a different account that has administrative credentials, follow these steps on how to perform the trick: (take win 7 for example)

A. Log on to Windows by that consideration.

B. Click Start, and then click Run.

C. In the Open box, type “control userpasswords2″, and then click OK.

D. Click the user account that you forgot the password for, and then click Reset Password.

E. Type a new password in both the New password and the Confirm new password boxes, and then click OK.

2. Password reset disk

You can create password reset disk in Windows 7, Vista and XP. When you enter an incorrect password, click on reset password below to start windows password reset by password reset disk.

3. Windows password reset tools

General speaking, users who forgot windows 7 password don’t have any password reset disk and another reachable admin accounts. The last solution isn’t reinstallation, but apps working for resetting windows password, such as Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery. It may remove local user passwords and domain name admin passwords in minutes for Windows 7/Vista/XP/NT/2000, and Windows Server 2008/2003, no matter how complex your password is.

Windows 7 password reset procedures usually work for Windows XP. Each one discussed previously can 100% reset your admin password.