Windows Vista: Forgot your password - this helps

If you have forgotten your password, access to your Windows Vista account is not possible. To regain access to your PC and the files on it, it is necessary to reset the password. We will explain exactly how this works in this article.

Forgetting your password: How to get access to your Windows Vista PC

If you have forgotten the password of your Windows Vista computer, you can access your user account via the administrator account. To do this, you first need to restart the PC and press the "F8 key" during the startup process to enter the advanced options menu or the boot menu. Once you have opened the menu, select the Safe Mode option there and confirm with "Enter" to start the computer in Safe Mode. Wait until the user account page appears and click on the admin account there to get to your computer's desktop.

Windows Vista: How to reset a forgotten password

Once you have logged in to your Windows Vista computer with the admin account, you have the option to reset the computer's password to regain access to your user account.

1. To do this, click on the Windows logo at the bottom left and select "Run" from the Start menu.
2. In the window that opens, enter the command "cmd" and confirm with "OK" to open the command prompt.
3. Now enter there the command "net user username new password" and confirm the change with the Enter key.
4. Finally perform a reboot and log in to your account with the new password.