How to Reset Incorrect Password on Windows 7

What to do if Windows 7 prompts wrong login password? How to reset incorrect password on Win 7?

I was helping a friend out with his computer, he said he'd forgotten his Windows 7 password and as he's the only admin. This presented a problem with getting access to certain things. After multiple different solutions were tried from within a guest account (cmd prompt solutions etc.) tried Offline Editor and managed to delete the password on the account. However, afterwards he had changed the password and restarted to check it and same issue appeared again.

Originally I had thought that perhaps I had incorrectly written down the password so I restarted the process and changed the password again, this time being very careful about inputting it correctly and taking it down correctly. Again the same issue, so a third time cleared the password. This time I created an entirely new user admin account with a new password. Exactly the same issue occurred. Can anyone help? 

I checked the keyboard layout possibility. But no change to keyboard layout since computer was bought. Malware infection I'm currently in process of rechecking but no issues have popped up. I'm using Malwarebytes Anti-malware Free at the moment, but if there's a better one you could recommend? 

I checked event log but no errors other than 1008 in applications, but far as I can tell the dates/times are unrelated. There was one today but well after any login attempts and fix attempts, and then others but a very long time before the issue cropped up. Similarly no problems in startup I can find. Then how to reset Windows 7 password?

Resetting Windows 7 password is not as difficult as we imagined. A Windows 7 installation DVD will help us. 

 

Follow the steps below:
Step 1: Insert Windows 7 DVD, and boot from it > click Next
Step 2: click Repair your computer
Step 3: Select "Use recovery tools that can help fix problems starting Windows. Select an operating system to repair." > and then click Next
Step 4: Click "Command Prompt" to open a command prompt window
Step 5: type this
copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\
and hit Enter
Step 6: type this
copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe
and hit Enter
Step 7: Close command prompt window > click Restart (boot from hard disk as usual)
Step 8: on the login screen, hit Shift key 5 times > a command prompt will open > then type this:
net user username newpassword
and the hit Enter > close command prompt window
Now you can login with your new password.
Step 9: You can restore the original sethc.exe file back by rebooting into Windows 7 installation DVD > Repair > open command prompt > and type this
copy c:\sethc.exe file to c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe
and then hit Enter 

Will the above helps reset Windows 7 password at ease? If no,

Now take professional tool – Windows 7 Password Recovery Tool to create a Windows 7 password reset disk. 

 

Read step by step guides:
Step 1. Download Tool online
Get "Windows Password Recovery Tool" going through the official site: http://www.windowspasswordsrecovery.com (we could easily look for a qualified edition for many individuals to download). And set it up on an accessible computer.

Step 2. Run the app to make a Win 7 user password reset disk
Run the setup software; insert a CD/DVD/USB (different edition suits for various disk) inside unlocked pc. Do considering that the software prompts, a Windows 7 user password reset disk will likely be set quickly.

Step 3. Set BIOS for locked pc.
After Win 7 password reset disk created, insert it to pc that need reset Windows 7 password. Then do BIOS setting.

Step 4. Reset Windows 7 password
Restart your locked pc, your forgotten Win 7 password is reset now.

Choose one of the above methods to change Windows 7 login password when you computer not accepting login password. For a computer veteran, it will be easy for them to do with Windows 7 installation DVD. While, like me, a green hand on pc, it will be good choice to use pro tool to get me out of problem!

Get detailed steps from Youtube video: http://youtu.be/MLrkJjZO1r8