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How to Reset Windows 7 or Vista Password(Helpful when you forgot your Computer’s Password)

If somehow you have forgotten your windows password and are looking for way around to login back into your computer then you won’t have to worry.There are many methods are available for resetting password of your windows 7 or vista.But many of them are lengthy or sophisticated.This is one of the simplest method and you only need a windows installation CD/USB to reset the password.It relies on an unpatched bug in windows operating system.
Follow the Following steps:

Insert windows 7 disk into your CD Rom and Restart your computer.

Press any key to Boot from the CD and then click on Repair your Computer.

Now from the various options select Command Prompt.

Now Command Prompt will be open and create a backup of Sticky keys by typing the following command in the command prompt

copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\

Now replace sticky keys with the Command Prompt by typing the following command

copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe

Now Restart your computer.
When you get the windows login screen then hit Shift button for 5 times continuously and Administrative Mode of Command Prompt will be open.

Now to reset the password just type the following command in the command prompt

net user binod Password

Remember: binod is the username of the computer and Password is the password. Replace both as you wish.

Login in your computer system with your new Username and Password.

Now every time when you press Shift key for 5 times then command prompt will be open instead of Sticky keys. To get back these Sticky keys repeat first three steps and then in the command prompt window type the following command.

copy c:\sethc.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe

If you are using some of the programs of Windows 8 more frequently and want to assign keyboard shortcuts for those program to access them in an instance of time. Then, follow today’s tutorial on Windows 8 in which I am going to tell you how to assign Keyboard Shortcuts for Programs in Windows 8. The procedure to assign keyboard shortcut in Windows 8 is similar to Windows 7 procedure. Following steps will lead you to this feature:

1) Right click on the program, you want to assign Keyboard Shortcut and select Properties from menu.

2) After selecting Properties a Dialog box will open. Go to Shortcut Tab.

3) Then, assign keyboard shortcut for that program in the Shortcut Key Field by pressing that keys from your keyboard and click OK button to save the changes.

4) Now you can launch that program by using assigned keyboard shortcut.

1) Download Microsoft Windows 8 Developer Preview.

2) Download VMware virtual Machine and install it on your computer.

3) Once installation finished, Launch VMware Workstation.

4) Go to File Menu and Select New Virtual Machine from opened menu.

5) After selecting New Virtual Machine, a Dialog box will appear. Select Custom Checkbox and click Next button to proceed.

6) In the next step, select I will install the operation system later Checkbox and click Next button to proceed.

7) In the next step, select Microsoft Windows Checkbox and choose Windows 7 from Version drop down menu and click Next button to proceed.

In the next steps, specify name, Capacity of about 20 GB and 1 GB RAM for 32 bits Windows 8 or 2 GB RAM for 64 bits Windows 8 to Virtual Machine. Once configuration completes, your new virtual machine is ready to install Windows 8 Developers Preview.

9) Click Power on this Virtual Machine from newly created Virtual Machine.

10) Now to install Windows 8 on this virtual machine, right click on virtual machine and select Removable Devices > CD/DVD (IDE) > Settings to mount Windows 8 ISO image as DVD drive.

11) Then go to Hardware Tab in newly opened Dialog box and select CD/DVD (IDE) from left pane and select Windows 8 Developers Preview ISO file by clicking Browse button from right pane. In the end OK button.

12) Now VMware virtual machine will take about 20-25 minutes to install Windows 8 Developers Preview.

1) Download Microsoft Windows 8 Developer Preview.

2) Set up a separate new partition of about 20 GB for Windows 8. You can create a new partition in Windows 7 by using Windows Disk Management.

3) Make a Windows 8 bootable USB flash drive or burn Windows 8 ISO file on a DVD. (You can use Microsoft’s Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool.)

4) Then plug-in your Windows 8 bootable USB drive in USB port or insert Windows 8 bootable DVD into DVD drive and Reboot your PC.

5) Then go to Boot Menu, select your bootable disk and install Windows 8 into your newly created partition for Windows 8.

6) After installation finished, select the Windows 8 Developer Preview or Windows 7 at Windows Startup which you want to boot.