How to Reset Built-in Administrator Password on Windows 7

You should be very careful when using built-in administrator account, which has

the supreme privilege to make any changes to Windows operating system. If you

put a password on your built-in administrator account and unfortunately forgot it,

what can you do? It brings a lot of trouble if you are unable to get into built-in

administrator account. So you should reset password as soon as possible. Now

this article shows how to reset built-in administrator password on Windows 7.

Three solutions if forgot built-in administrator password on Windows 7

Solution 1: Change built-in administrator password as administrator

Solution 2: Reset built-in administrator password with reset disk

Solution 3: Reset built-in administrator password with refixer tool

Solution 1: Reset built-in administrator password as Windows 7 administrator

Generally, people will create an administrator account to logon to Windows 7,

instead of using the built-in administrator account, which is used only in special

situations. Some people don’t enable built-in administrator account at all. Thus,

when forgot built-in administrator password in Windows 7, just logon to any one

available administrator to reset built-in administrator password in Computer

Manager.

Solution 2: Reset built-in administrator password with reset disk

If you have ever created a password reset disk for the built-in administrator

account before you forgot its password, the disk should be the best way to reset

password. After you type an incorrect password to logon to built-in administrator

account, you will failed logon and get a Reset Password link on the login screen.

Then click the link and insert your password reset disk.

Then follow the Password Reset Wizard to reset built-in administrator password

on your Windows 7.

Solution 3: Reset built-in administrator password with Refixer tool

If built-in administrator account is the only administrator on your Windows 7 and

you have no any password reset disk was created, what to do? Never mind.

Windows 7 Password Refixer is a specialized tool, which can reset password for

any accounts on Windows 7, including built-in administrator account, normal

administrator, user account, and guest account. Just need 2 steps as follow.

Step 1: Get a bootable drive on another computer.

1. Download and install Windows 7 Password Refixer on any one accessible

computer.

2. Connect a USB/CD flash drive to the accessible computer and launch this

refixer program.

3. Choose your inserted media type, note the inserted flash drive name, and click

Begin burning button.

4. When it pops up a dialog saying Burning successfully, you will have gotten a

bootable password reset drive.

Step 2: Reset built-in administrator password on Windows 7.

1. Boot your computer whose built-in administrator password you forgot from

the bootable USB/CD drive.

2. Once computer boots up, click to highlight your Windows and the built-in

administrator account and then click Reset Password button. The built-in

administrator password should be reset to blank.

Windows 7 Password Refixer tool is a good choice when you forgot Windows 7

administrator password having no reset disk.