How to Reset Your Forgotten Windows Password the Easy Way

Forgetting Windows password is never any fun, but there’s a easy way to reset the password. All you need to do is to follow the below steps: 

1. Boot your PC from Windows disk
2. Select the "Repair Your Computer"
   
3. Go to "Command Prompt"
   
4. Backup the original sticky keys file: 
   copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\
5. Copy the command prompt executable (cmd.exe) over top of the sticky keys executable
   copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe
6. Restart the PC
7. Once you get to the login screen, hit the Shift key 5 times, and you’ll see an administrator mode command prompt
8. Use the following command, replacing the username and password with the combination you want to reset the user password:
   net user geek <NewPassword>
   
9. Put the original sethc.exe file back, which you can do by rebooting into the installation CD, opening the command prompt, and copying the c:\sethc.exe file back to
   c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe

• NOTE: If the local account is not exist, issue the following commands to create it:
  net user <username> /add
  net localgroup administrators <username> /add