Manually hard reset my compaq presario 1700

You can contact windows and give them your product id and they will send a reset password to your email.

Forgot your Compaq windows password?

Nowadays,lots of methods help us to reset windows password,such as use safe mode, password reset disk, and windows password software as Windows Password Reset ect.
Find more details in http://www.windowspasswordreset.net/article/article.html

Which Password? Bios Password? Hard Drive Password? Windows Welcome Screen User Login Password?

Which Operating System?

OK, if you are running Windows 7, Microsoft tightenedsecurity on it so you've got to have a password reset disk which 99% of thepeople who own laptops with windows 7 fail to do. It should be one of thefirst things you do when you buy the laptop. Otherwise, you're faced withreinstalling the Operating System or possibly doing a System Recovery.

If you're on Windows XP or Vista try this:

Turn off the computer, then hit the power button to turn it back on andimmediately start hitting the F8 key repeatedly until you see the Safe Modeoption. Select SAFE MODE and let the computer boot up. When it getsto the User Login screen it will show the Administrator userid and the useridfor which you forgot the password. Sign in as the Administrator (hopefullyyou didn't put a password on it and forgot it too). Once the desktopappears it will look different, the screen will be darker and the icons bigger,but this is normal for safe mode.

Click Start/Control Panel/User Accounts
When the User Accounts screen opens, click on the userid for which you forgotthe password. Select the option to REMOVE PASSWORD.

Reboot your machine.

To reset Windows 7 password on compaq presario, there are several free methods:

1. With another admin account.
2. With Windows 7 password reset disk.
3. From Safe Mode.
4. With CMD.
5. Using "lusrmgr.msc"


Best solution: Reset forgotten Windows 7 password on compaq presario with Windows Password Recovery Tool 3.0.
1. Install this program on another computer and create a password recovery disk with USB
2. Insert the disk to your laptop and set your laptop to boot from it.
3. All user accounts will be loaded, then you can reset any user password.
For more: http://www.windowspasswordsrecovery.com/hack-computer-login-password.htm

Forgot Windows 7 password? You can check out these 6 methods for Windows 7 password reset. It's helpful.

power the computer off.

turn it back on - tap f8 to access the boot menu

select safemode

choose administrator

once windows boots up open users under the control panel - reset your password

please remove the cmos battery then place again after 30minutes.

if you forgot your password restart in bios then advanced or security and user passwords you can change
bios administrator password i am not sure if you can change or remove if you forgot it

you can also restart in safemode and follow instructions i gave you earlier

let me know

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