Create the Password Reset Disk

• 1). Start your computer. Login to the account for which you wish to create a password reset disk.
  
  
• 2). Insert the USB flash drive into an available USB port on your computer. Close the AutoPlay window.
  
  
• 3). Click "Start." Type "user" (without quotes) in the "Search" box. Click "User Accounts."
  
  
• 4). Click "Create a password reset disk" in the left column of the "User Accounts" window.
  
  
• 5). Click "Next" in the "Forgotten Password Wizard." Select your "USB flash drive" in the "Drive" drop-down list. Click "Next."
  
  
• 6). Type the "Current password" for your user account and click "Next."
  
  
• 7). Click "Next" after Windows has created the disk, then click "Finish."
  
  

Reset the Password

• 1). Start the computer.
  
  
• 2). Click on "Reset password" after attempting to login to Windows and receiving an "Incorrect password" error.
  
  
• 3). Insert the USB password reset disk that you created previously into an available USB port.
  
  
• 4). Click "Next" in the "Reset Password Wizard."
  
  
• 5). Select your "USB flash drive" in the "Drive" drop-down list. Click "Next."
  
  
• 6). Type a "New password" twice. Type a "Password hint" to help you remember your new password. Write down the password that you have created and store it in a safe location until you have memorized it. Click "Next," then "Finish."
  
  
• 7). Login to your account by using the password you just created. Eject your USB flash drive after reaching the desktop.