How to change forgotten Windows 7 login password when locked out?

"I can’t login my computer, I forgot Windows 7 password, What am I supposed to do, how to change my password?" One day my friends said to me. Forgetting Windows password means that you have no way to access your computer. But you should know a forgotten Windows password isn't the end of the world. Actually, I have no ideas, too. I searched similar cases on Google. There are many people Encountered this. Although many people forgot Windows password, they are able to get back the forgotten password. How can they do it? I have made conclusions about the ways to change Windows 7 password when locked.

1. Change Windows 7 password by system setting

If you have an admin account, you can change password by system setting easily. Follow the instructions below to access your computer again.
Step 1: Login to the locked computer with the admin account. Open the "Control Panel"->"User Accounts".
Step 2: Choose the account whose password you want to change. Click “Change your Windows passwords” on the user panel.

Step 3: If you know the current password, you can type the current password and new password you want to set. If you don’t know the password, you can type the new password, and login to computer with the new password.

2. Use "lusrmgr.msc" Command to change Windows 7 password

If you have admin privileges and you can login as administrator, you can change locked Windows 7 password with "lusrmgr.msc".
First you should login to locked Windows 7 as administrator. Click "Start" button, type "lusrmgr.msc" in the Search Box. Click "OK" button to continue.
Second: Open "Users" folder after "Local Users and Groups" interface appears. Right-click a user account and choose "Set Password". Then you can login with the new password.

3. Apply Windows 7 password change program

Windows Password Changer is a professional program to help people who forgot or lost Windows password to regain access to computer. This program supports not only Windows 7 OS, but also supports Windows 8/8.1/XP, and even Windows Server. It is reliable and easy to help you change Windows 7 admin password or Windows 7 local user password when locked. What you need to do is just preparing a USB or CD/DVD.
(1): Download Windows password 7 change software and install on a workable computer.
(2): Burn it to your USB device or CD/DVD you have prepared before on a workable computer.
(3): Make your computer boot from USB device or CD/DVD by Bios setting.
(4): Insert your burn USB device to the locked computer, choose the Windows OS and user account, then change Windows 7 login password.

This article is no technique required, if you want to know more professional tutorials about Resetting Windows 7 password, you can read these:

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