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Anyone can forget a password. Okay you may think it will never happen to you, but think again, because it may just happen. Forgetting your user account password is no big deal providing you have taken the necessary precautions to create a Password Reset Disk.<br />
Sadly, if you haven't created a <b>Password Reset Disk</b> for your Windows operating system then gaining access to your PC will become a nightmare. I'm not saying that it is impossible, because it isn't. However, this tutorial refers to resetting your user account password with the aid of your <b>Windows Password Reset Disk</b>.<br />
The first you will know about your password being wrong is when you type the password in at boot up and a message appears telling you that <i><b>The User Name or Password is Incorrect</b></i>. It is at this stage that you need your <b>Password Reset Disk</b>.<br />
Once you have your <b>Password Reset Disk</b> (you should have created this either on a <b>floppy disk</b> or a <b>USB</b> flash drive. See: <a href="http://www.windows7password.net/create-windows-7-password-reset-disk-and-use-it-to-reset-lost-password/"><b>Create a Windows 7 Password Reset Disk</b></a>) you should insert the disk (or USB stick) into the relevant drive and then proceed as follows:<br />
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<li>After you have typed in the wrong password a message will appear informing you that the <b>User name or Password is incorrect</b>, you should <a href="http://www.windows7password.net/forgot-windows-7-password/"><b>forgot Windows 7 Password</b></a>. At this point, Click the <b>OK</b> button to take you back to the <b>log on</b> screen</li>
<img src="username-or-password-is-incorrect.png" />
User Name Or Password is incorrect error screen
<li>After you have returned to the Windows <b>Log On</b> screen look just below the <b>Password </b>dialogue box and you will see a <b>Reset Password</b> option, Click on this to start the <b>Reset</b> process.</li>
<a href="http://www.windows7password.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/reset-windows-7-password.png"><img src="reset-windows-7-password.jpg" /></a><br /><br />
Windows Log On screen showing the Reset Password option
<li>After clicking on the <b>Reset Password </b>option the <b>Password Reset Wizard</b> will open</li>
<a href="http://www.windows7password.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/password-reset-wizard-welcome.jpg"><img src="password-reset-wizard-welcome-300x234.jpg" /></a><br /><br />
Password Reset Wizard
<li>Click the <b>Next</b> button in the <b>Password Reset Wizard </b>screen</li>
<li>The next screen (see fig 4) requires you to <b>Insert </b>the password reset disk</li>
<li>If you haven't already done so,<b> Insert</b> the floppy disk or USB Thumb drive that holds the password reset file and then <b>Select</b> the drive from the <i><b>password key disk is in the following drive</b></i> dialogue box.</li>
Now press the <b>Next</b> button<br /><a href="http://www.windows7password.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/select-password-reset-drive.jpg"><img src="select-password-reset-drive-300x234.jpg" /></a><br /><br />
Insert the Password Reset Disk and then choose the drive from the drop down list
<li>You are now presented with the <b>Reset the User Account Password </b>screen</li>
<a href="http://www.windows7password.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/reset-windows-7-user-account-password.jpg"><img src="reset-windows-7-user-account-password-300x234.jpg" /></a><br /><br />
The User Account Password Screen
<li>Type in the <b>new password</b> you wish to use and then type it in again to <b>confirm</b> your selection. Next type in a <b><a href="http://www.windows7password.net/windows-7-logon-password-hint/">password hint</a> </b>and then click the <b>Next </b>button.</li>
<li>The next screen to appear will be the <i><b>Completing the password wizard</b></i> screen. This should tell you that you have successfully reset your password.</li>
<a href="http://www.windows7password.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/completing-password-reset-wizard.jpg"><img src="completing-password-reset-wizard-300x234.jpg" /></a><br /><br />
You have successfully reset your password
<li>Finally click the <b>Finish</b> button.</li>
<li>You should now be taken back to the <b>Log on</b> screen where you can type in your new password and gain access to your system.</li></ol>
Tips:
Not a Windows 7 user? Still Using XP or Vista? Don't know how to reset password on other Windows Versions? See these articles below.<br />
<b>How to <a href="http://www.windows7password.net/windows-xp-lost-password-recovery/">Reset Windows XP Password</a>?</b><br />
<b>How to <a href="http://www.windows7password.net/tips-to-recover-user-password-on-windows-vista/">Reset Vista Password</a>? </b>
All you have to do is power it down. Press and hold + volume button and start the tablet. It will give you 3 options. Select 'erase all data and factory reset'.
You will lose all the data on it; there is no way around that without the password. If you have a backup you can restore it afterwards though ...
Check your user name..even tho it says the password is incorrect.. I had the same problem and it was an incorrect user name being used which of course throws up the password error. Try using the full yahoo mail address.
The user name or password is incorrect. Verify that CAPS LOCK is not on, and then retype the current user name and password. Or you must be trying a wrong password.
If the password window has come for first time then don't enter any password. Leave the password window blank. In the user name enter Administrator and log on. If this does not help enter administrator or admin in password field. But this should be second option.
My suggestion is that you downgrade from Window Vista to Window XP as till date Windows Vista has lot of bugs relating to security issues.I myself have done that.
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