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Hiren’s BootCD 15.2
Resetting Windows Password
Tested on: NT 3.51, NT 4 (all versions and SPs), Windows 2000 (all versions & SPs), Windows XP (all versions, also SP2 and SP3), Windows Server 2003 (all SPs), Windows Vista 32 and 64 bit (SP1 also), Window 7 (all variants). Some also say that it works on Windows Server 2008 too.
If used on users that have EFS encrypted files, and the system is XP or Vista, all encrypted files for that user will be UNREADABLE! and cannot be recovered unless you remember the old password again. If you don’t know if you have encrypted files or not, you most likely don’t have them (except maybe on corporate systems).
Boot your computer with Hiren’s BootCD and follow the steps below for resetting your password:
1. Enter “Offline NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 Password Changer”
With Up & Down keys select Offline ‘NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 Password Changer’ and press Enter.
2. Wait for “Offline NT Password & Registry Editor” to Load
On the screen below, you’ll see is several lines of text that quickly run down the screen. You don’t need to do anything here. Wait for “Offline NT Password & Registry Editor” to load.
1. Select "NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 Password Changer"
2. Linux files are loading...
3. Choose the Correct Hard Drive Partition
This step in the Offline NT Password & Registry Editor process is to select the partition that contains the Windows installation that you want to delete a password from.
Many computers have a single operating system installed on a single partition on a single hard drive, making this a very easy choice.
If that’s the case for you, just press ENTER to accept the default partition. Otherwise, type the number corresponding to the correct partition from the Candidate Windows partitions found list and then press ENTER.
If more than one partition is listed and you’re not sure which one to pick, chances are the larger partition is the one with Windows installed.
Every Windows 7 PC will have more than one partition listed.
4. Confirm the Windows Registry Path
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor now needs to know the exact location of the Windows Registry. Except in the rarest of occasions, the default location will be the correct one.
Just Press ENTER to accept the default Windows Registry path without writing anything else.
3. Choose the Correct Hard Drive Partition
4. Confirm the Windows Registry Path
5. Choose the Password Reset Option
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor is now asking which part of the registry it should load.
Press ENTER to accept the default choice of Password reset.
The Offline NT Password & Registry Editor tool can perform various functions aside from resetting passwords but since that’s the focus of this particular walkthrough, that’s all we’ll discuss.
6. Choose the Edit User Data and Passwords Option
Now that the registry is loaded and available to the program, Offline NT Password & Registry Editor needs to know exactly what you want to do.
Press ENTER to accept the default choice of Edit user data and passwords.
This will load the necessary options for the actual password reset.
5. Choose the Password Reset Option
6. Choose the Edit User Data and Passwords Option
7. Enter the Username to Edit
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor now needs to know which user’s password you’d like to delete (erase, clear, blank, remove, call it what you like).
A default user is listed between the brackets at the prompt. In the above example, you can see that it’s the Administrator user.
If the default user is the user you’d like to remove the password from, simply press ENTER. Otherwise, enter the username and then press ENTER.
8. Type 1 to Clear (blank) user password and then press ENTER
At the bottom of the screen you’ll see the User Edit Menu with several options to choose from.
Type 1 for Clear (blank) user password and then press ENTER.
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor shows some interesting information about the username you entered in the last step – the full name, what groups the user belongs to, how many failed login attempts have taken place, how many total logins have been completed, and more.
If you see a check in the “Passwd not req.” box, this means that a password is not a requirement for this particular user. It does not mean that a password is not required to access the account in Windows. In other words, it’s saying that it is possible to erase this user’s password.
7. Enter the Username to Edit
8. Type 1 to Clear (blank) user password and then press ENTER
9. Type ! to quit the User Edit Tool
Assuming there weren’t any problems, you should see a Password cleared! message after entering 1 in the previous step.
Type ! to quit editing user and then press ENTER.
You must confirm these changes in a later step before they are actually complete. If you quit Offline NT Password & Registry Editor now then the password reset will not take place!
10. Type q to Quit Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
Enter q and then press ENTER to quit the Offline NT Password & Registry Editor registry editing tool.
Important: You’re still not done! You need to confirm your password reset change in the next step before it will take effect.
9. Type ! to quit the User Edit Tool
10. Type q to Quit Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
11. Type y and then press ENTER to confirm Password Reset Changes
At the Step FOUR: Writing back changes menu, Offline NT Password & Registry Editor asks if you want to write file(s) back.
Type y and then press ENTER.
You should see an EDIT COMPLETE message appear on screen. If you do, it means that Offline NT Password & Registry Editor has written the password changes to your computer!
12. Confirm That You’re Finished Using Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor gives you an option here to rerun the program. If you’ve been following along with this guide and everything seems to have worked properly then there’s little reason to repeat anything.
Press ENTER to confirm the default option of not rerunning the password reset.
11. Type y and then press ENTER to confirm Password Reset Changes
12. Press ENTER to Confirm That You're Finished Using Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
13. Remove Hiren’s BootCD and Restart the Computer
That’s it! You’ve just completed the entire Offline NT Password & Registry Editor password removal process.
13. Remove Hiren's BootCD and Restart the Computer
Note: If you receive a “job control turned off” or a “can’t access tty” error, don’t worry. As long as the EDIT COMPLETE confirmation message was posted to the screen after you confirmed the password reset changes then your password was successfully reset. You should still be able to see the confirmation on the screen at this point.
Remove Hiren’s BootCD from your CD/DVD drive and then manually reset your computer.
In the next step, you’ll finally get to logon to Windows without entering a password!
Now that your password has been removed using Offline NT Password & Registry Editor, no password is required to log on to Windows.
If you are the only user on your computer, Windows will boot all the way to the desktop on the next reboot and will skip the logon screen altogether.
If you’re on a multi-user computer (as many families are), the logon screen will still appear after starting Windows but when you click on the user that had the password removed, you will not be prompted for a password and will instead enter Windows automatically.
Having a secure password is important so please don’t continue to use Windows without one. As soon as you’ve gained access to your computer again, configure a new password – one you can remember a little easier!
Changes From Version 15.1 to 15.2
New Added Softwares, Updated Functions:
- BattStat 0.99b: Battery Status monitor and power management freeware for Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000 x86/x64.
- BrowsingHistoryView 1.05: To view history data of Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, and Safari Web browsers in one table.
- ClearLock 1.4.0: To lock your desktop with a transparent layer, allowing you to see what is happening on your desktop and at the same time prevent access to the computer without the proper password.
- DRevitalize 1.2: Repairs bad sectors (physical defects) on hard drives by generating a special sequence of high and low signals around the physically damaged area.
- EncFS 1.7.4: This should be used for secure online file backup services such as Google Drive, Dropbox and Sugarsync as the encryption do not occupy a fixed size containers and backup programs can copy encrypted files and can be accessed from linux, iPhone/iOS and android using BoxCryptor and Cryptonite.
- ImDisk 1.6.0: To create/mount virtual hard disk, floppy or CD/DVD drives using image files or system memory.
- MBRCheck 1.2.3: Checks the legitimacy of the Master Boot Record (MBR) code of the hard drives.
- McAfee Removal Tool 6.0.152.0: McAfee Consumer Product Removal Tool removes all 2005 – 2012 versions of McAfee products.
- MiniXP: Added/updated Storage/LAN/WLAN drivers and other minor improvements, iso boot works, path can be changed in HBCD\XP\X using notepad.
- Norton Removal Tool 20.0.0.21: SymNRT uninstalls most Norton AntiVirus, Norton Internet Security, Norton 360, and Norton SystemWorks even when the uninstaller fails to remove them.
- Remove Non Present Drivers: Automatically remove all non-present/disconnected devices from a Windows and can often be useful to prevent misbehaving/unnecessary drivers from being loaded, cleanup drivers when you replaced motherboard or used backup image of different hardware.
- Tor Browser 2.2.39: Surf the internet anonymously through encryption, even https sites can be browsed safely where it is blocked by your local ISP.
- WifiInfoView 1.05: Wireless networks information including Network Name (SSID), MAC Address, PHY Type (802.11g or 802.11n), RSSI, Signal Quality, Frequency, Channel Number, Maximum Speed, Company Name, Router Name/Model and more.
- Windows Product Key Update Tool 1.7: This tool is from microsoft to change the key of illegal/pirated installed xp to legit xp keys from the sticker on the PC, even if it is oem and not retail/corporate.
Updated Softwares:
3DP Chip 12.09, All Users Temp Cleaner 1.2, AlternateStreamView 1.32, Astra 6.01, Autoruns 11.34, Avira AntiVir Personal (18-10-2012), BellaVista 1.1.0.71, BIOS Master Password Generator (Sony), BlueScreenView 1.46, BootICE 2012.09.20, BulletsPassView 1.25, CCleaner 3.23.1823, ClamWin Free Antivirus 0.97.6, CloneSpy 2.63, ComboFix (18-10-2012), Complete Internet Repair 1.3.1.1315, CPU-Z 1.61, CurrPorts 2.02, Defraggler 2.11.560, Device Doctor 2.1, Don’t Sleep 2.82, Drive SnapShot 1.40, DriveImage XML 2.42, FastCopy 2.11, FileTypesMan 1.62, GParted Partition Editor 0.14.0, GPU-Z 0.6.5, grub4dos 2012-10-02, HashMyFiles 1.90, HDAT2 4.9B1, Image For Dos 2.75, Image For Windows 2.75, ImgBurn 2.5.7.0, InfraRecorder 0.53, IrfanView 4.33, IsoBuster 3.0, isolinux 4.05, LicenseCrawler 1.11.239, Mail PassView 1.78, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.65 (18-10-2012), MemDisk 4.05, Notepad++ 6.2, NTFS Access 2.2, NTFSLinksView 1.07, Opera 12.02, Parted Magic 2012-10-10, Partition Saving 4.00, Partition Wizard Home Edition 7.6.1, PC Wizard 2012.2.11, PCI 32 Sniffer 1.4 (18-10-2012), PCI and AGP info Tool (18-10-2012), PhotoFiltre 6.5.3, PhotoRec 6.14b, PLoP Boot Manager 5.0.14, Process Explorer 15.23, Process Monitor 3.03, ProcessActivityView 1.12, ProduKey 1.54, PuTTY 0.62-t012, Recuva 1.43.623, RegFromApp 1.23, RegScanner 1.90, Remove Fake Antivirus 1.88, Revo Uninstaller 1.94, RKill (18-10-2012), RunAsDate 1.11, SearchMyFiles 2.30, ServiWin 1.50, ShellExView 1.76, Silent Runners Revision 64, SIW 2011.10.29, SmartSniff 1.95, SniffPass 1.13, SoftPerfect Network Scanner 5.4.7, Speccy 1.18.379, Spybot – Search & Destroy 1.6.2 (18-10-2012), SuperAntispyware is now downloadable only, System Analyser 5.3x, System Explorer 3.9.7, TDSSKiller 2.8.13, TeamViewer 7.0.14563 + 6.0.10462, TestDisk 6.14b, TightVNC 2.5.2, Total Commander 8.01, TrID File Identifier 2.10, TrueCrypt 7.1a, UnknownDevices 1.4.20 (18-10-2012), Update Checker 1.039, USBDeview 2.16, WebBrowserPassView 1.30, WinNTSetup 2.3.1.0, WinSCP 4.3.9, WirelessKeyView 1.56, WirelessNetView 1.41, XP-AntiSpy 3.98
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Filename: Hirens.BootCD.15.2.zip
Filesize: 592.5 MB (621283886 bytes)
ISO MD5: 7EFC81ADBBD551D56F6021C439C6837C
ZIP MD5: D342BBD6BF7554ABA24A376E41675DBF
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