Windows 7: forgot password! help!

Before I start... I am the furthest from being smart..
now that that's out of the way..

I have had my comptuer a month and a half, sign into it about 3x a week.
didnt use it for the last 4 days. and i forgot my password!
its only my account on their and i dont know what to do.

Ive tried guessing, ive tried ophcheck.. it said it recognizes accoutns and should find the password.. but it didnt show my pass.

I used another bios disk boot method. I cant remember the name of it. But also, didnt work.

My computer didnt come with the hard copy windows disk. But i have the key on the side of the tower.
I read around, and people said my back up and factory settings could be on another drive in case i need to format.

Basically im asking, is there a way to bypass my password?
Or recover my password?
and if all else fails... reformat my computer?

What to do if you forget your Windows password

Did you not get the option to create a recovery disc when you first configured your new PC. If not I should contact your supplier. I think though I am not certain that you will need to be able to boot from the CD to recover your password

I did get the option to create one. I just wasnt in a rush to do it. I can format and recover without it. Becuase a partition on my drive is the recovery and factory settings.
I was told by a few people to still make one.. but me being the smart man i am.. didnt listen.
I would assume my brain would retain a password... i just fail i guess

U got serverall options

boot from a linux distribution live cd, like Ubuntu
boot from a BartPE cd
boot from the ultimate boot cd, and reset/retrieve the password
boot from a usb flashdrive/hdd with a linux distro or windows xp on it
hehe u gotta create one, but its damn handy


did u try to login as administrator? or is that the only account your talking about.?


here try this:

http://www.openwall.com/john/
and
http://pcsupport.about.com/gi/o.htm?.../bootdisk.html

have you tried safe mode before the machine boots to logon screen?

There are some freeware utils out there that enable you to recover your forgotten password, unfortunately this might be perceived as "hacking" or against 7 forums TOC which I don't think the moderators of the Seven Forums would take to so lightly, so I won't be able to post a link. But if you search hard enough you'll find them.... goodluck

well well. i just posted 2 links . now i'm screwed?

Hey have to tried to reset BIOS..... it sometimes resets it, take the BIOS Battery out and olug it in after 5 minutes ad check

Hello Brian,

METHOD THREE in the tutorial below should be able to reset the password for your user account.

Reset User Account Password - Vista Forums

Hope this helps,
Shawn