It takes time and once the new installation is in place, you essentially start from scratch. For Domain Controller: What to do if you forgot domain administrator password on your server? Reinstalling Windows is a tedious process. This is really useful when you need to access a password protected PC without leaving any traces. This feature works by temporarily changing system kernel in memory during boot, without saving the changes back to your hard drive. Just select an user and click the 'Reset Password' button, it will do every magical thing for you: reset you password activate the account if it's disabled unlock a locked user elevate a standard/limited user into an administrator remove logon time restrictions and much more.Īpart from resetting password, PCUnlocker can also help you bypass Windows logon authentication, so you can get back into ANY Windows accounts without modifying the original password.

By default, PCUnlocker will automatically detect the SAM registry hive on your system partition, and list your usernames. For Standalone Computer: Windows stores the passwords of local accounts in the SAM registry hive (also known as Security Accounts Manager database, or SAM database). It might seem very annoying to have yourself locked out of your own PC, the case might be a simple forgetting of your password or someone.

Using PCUnlocker you can bypass Windows passwords for both standalone computer and domain controller. Just boot your locked PC from the disc, and you can reset, change or bypass Windows password easily! This program supports both UEFI secure boot and legacy/CSM traditional BIOS boot. PCUnlocker is a bootable image that you can burn it to a CD or a USB flash drive. In that case, you need to use a bootable media (CD or USB flash drive).

Bypassing Windows password isn't always something that you can accomplish by installing password cracking softwares, especially when you couldn't get past Windows login screen.

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