Windows 7/8/10 Reset Forgotten Password (Linux Method)

Author: Nehal J Wani
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Simple tutorial showing how to reset any Windows 7/8/10 account password using Linux. Reset Windows 7/8/10 Password =============================== The Linux Method You can use any Linux live media for this. But I prefer system rescue disk. After booting, the procedure is same, irrespective of the Linux based media used. Download system rescue disk from http://www.sysresccd.org/ and create a bootable usb using the method mentioned in http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-en_How_to_install_SystemRescueCd_on_an_USB-stick . You can also follow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iqZuCmM2fg Boot using the USB / CD. Type gdisk -l /dev/sda to find out the existing partitions in your Hard Disk. Mount the partition in which Windows is installed (the one that contains the Windows folder). mount /dev/sda? /mnt (Replace ? with the partition number. In my case, it is /dev/sda2) Change directory to /mnt/Windows/System32/config cd /mnt/Windows/System32/Config Clear out password for your user. chntpw -i SAM Press 1 and hit enter. Enter the hex code for the user you want to change password for. Press 1 and hit enter. Press q and hit enter. Press q and hit enter. Press y and hit enter. After you overwrite the Security Account Manager (SAM) Hive, change directory to /root Type cd and press enter. Unmount the Windows partition mounted on /mnt. umount /mnt Type reboot and hit enter. Now, remove the USB/CD and boot into Windows. You will be able to sign in without any password. In case of Windows 10, press ctrl + alt + del and set account password. In case of Windows 7/8, go to Control Panel/PC Settings to set account password. Done! :D That is all folks! :D :) Music: Waltz of the Flowers (by Tchaikovsky) Wanna support me? Visit: https://www.patreon.com/nehaljwani

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  1. when i try to mount it to the drive it says it cant because it is in some kind of hibernated state. i started the computer from a complete shutdown and booted to the disk
  2. I did all steps, and in the end i still need to enter password. Can you help me?
  3. Great video! After trying a bounch of different method with no luck this could solve my problem. Definately recommended for those who has permission issues with the Windows files.
  4. Sir, when i type chntpw -i SAM it shows an error
    openHive(SAM) failed: No such file or directory, trying read-only
    openHive(SAM) in fallback RO-mode failed: No such file or directory
    i have windows 7 home premium.
    sir please help i am new in this enviroment also.
    thank you
  5. when i type gdisk -1 dev/sda nothing pops up dont know what to do
  6. While testing this inside a virtual machine I found that one should use 'cd /mnt/Windows/System32/config' rather than 'cd /mnt/Windows/System32/Config '
  7. legit....bookmark this shit
  8. What I am doing wrong if console says this after using chntpw -i SAM command?

    "openHive(SAM) failed: Read-only file system, trying read-only
    openHive(): read error: :Read-only file system
    chntpw: Unable to open/read a hive, exiting..."

    Any ideas?

    Thanks!
  9. Funciona PERFECTO!, Thanks Bro!!!!!
  10. can't believe this worked..
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  12. Hey! Can you help me with something! When I updated Win 10 my Debian 7 crashed well the grub failed so I was reinstalling with Debian 8 but I didn't know how to set the grub! It was a message but I didn't know what to do.
  13. Thank You For All Your Help Man !! Really Appreciate It
  14. would it be possible for u to dumb this down alot more for me pls . im so confused on this . i went to the site for that linux and very complicated stuff . can i use a usb stick instead of cd for linux . can u give me steps to follow pls
  15. is that the command prompt window or a diff one ?
  16. Does this work on Windows 9 as well?