How do I reset an administrative account password I’ve forgotten on my HP G60 series laptop computer
I have forgotten my password, I own the administrative account. What do I do?

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ASKED: September 25, 2009  12:08 AM
UPDATED: June 13, 2012  3:10 AM

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HI, Get a copy of third party software like winternals erd commander ,Active password changer .By using these kind of utilities you can find the SAM file of your OS and you can reset /clear the password.

to reset Windows password with a bootable CD/DVD or USB

flash drive. 1. Reset windows password with Ophcrack

2. Reset windows password with "Advanced WIndows password recovery tool"

These tools is to reset the password offline.   Thanks

Last Wiki Answer Submitted:  November 17, 2012  1:50 am  by  locostala   45 pts.
All Answer Wiki Contributors:  locostala   45 pts. , sumeshbnr   1,675 pts.
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try Active@ Password Changer . it will reset your admin password. you need to boot your pc with Active@ Password Changer bootable cd & go through instractions.

 810 pts.

 

Recommend u a tutorial titled:

HP Password Reset – I Forgot HP Laptop Password

google search the title and get the tutorial to follow the solutions:

Solution 1: Login HP laptop from other accounts with administrator rights

Solution 2: HP password bypass by Ophcrack

Solution 3: DIY a HP password reset disk

Solution 4:HP password recovery with password reset CD/DVD or USB

 60 pts.

 

Four steps can help you reset the lost Windows 8/7/vista/xp/2008/2003/2000 password:
Step 1: Download Windows Password Rescuer/Windows password recovery tool on any available computer you have access to.
Step 2: Install Windows Password Rescuer and run it to burn a bootable CD/DVD or USB flash drive
Step 3: BIOS setting of your locked computer to set it boot from CD/USB.
Step 4: Insert the newly CD/USB to the computer.Reset Windows password successfully after Windows Password Rescuer starts.You also can use Windows Password Rescuer to add a new user with administrator privilege to your Windows when you can not find target user. With this New user account you can logon your locked computer directly to copy important data from the locked computer if you want to reinstall your Windows system at last.
More details about the usage:

 100 pts.

 

Here I collect some popular solutions to help reset HP laptop password if your laptop installed Windows system such as Windows 7/Vista/XP.

Solution 1 Reset HP laptop password by another user account with administrator privilege.

Solution 2 Reset HP laptop password with Offline Windows Password & Registry Editor.

Solution 3 Reset HP password with professional password recovery tool.

If you do not have another administrator account on HP laptop or you have little experience in Windows or LUNIX operations, you can use Windows Password Rescuer to help reset HP password without lose date. This software was provided by DAOSSOFT corperation, it supports HP laptop password recovery in Windows 7/Vista/XP and HP computer installed Windows 7/Vista/XP/2008/2003/2000.

 135 pts.

 

You can just reset forgotten password.Two methods for you to do that:

One:Use Windows Password Reset Deluxe, just need 3 steps

Two:Use windows password reset disk, the precondition is you have created one before.

 140 pts.

 

I too agree with the suggestion given by Sumeshbnr. According to me use of third party tool is the easiest and the fastest method to reset administrator password. In past, I have also used password recovery tool (I guess it was Stellar Phoenix Password Recovery) to successfully reset administrative password of my PC.

 265 pts.