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How to Remove Windows Vista Password?

In order to protect Windows Vista, entering a username and password is required by default when you want to log on your computer in Vista operation system. However, if you are the only user to your computer, it seems that there is no need to set any password for the Windows anymore, for entering computer without password would be unnecessary move. Whatever your choice is, you can simply remove Windows Vista password based on the following three methods.

Method 1: Remove Windows Vista password through Control Panel

Click on 'Start', 'Control Panel'.

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Click 'User Accounts and Family Safety', and then click the 'User Accounts' link.

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Click the 'Remove your password' link in the User Accounts screen.

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Enter your current password in the text box on the next screen, and then click 'Remove Password' button.

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Now that your Windows Vista password has been removed, you will be no longer asked to enter password when you log on computer. In addition to the Control Panel, you can also remove the password with Computer Management. Then follow the method 2 below to remove the password.

Method 2: Remove Windows Vista password through Computer Management

Right-click 'Computer' and select 'Manage'.

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Click 'Local User and Groups', and then click 'Users'. And all the accounts will be listed before you.

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Right-click target account and select 'Set password'.

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Leave the password text field blank and click 'OK'.

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The two methods mentioned above require you log on computer firstly. If you forgot Windows Vista password and are locked out of your computer, these two methods could not work for you. Then you need to try the method 3.

Method 3: Remove Windows Vista password with software

If the methods mentioned above couldn't work, the most efficient way is to use Windows Login Recovery. This software allows you to create a password reset disk with a blank CD/DVD or USB flash drive. You can use the password reset disk to remove Windows Vista password. This method is often adopted when people are locked out of computer with all Windows administrator passwords lost.

Download and install Windows Login Recovery in any computer.
Burn a password reset disk with a blank CD/DVD or USB flash drive.
Boot your locked computer from the created password reset disk.
Remove Windows Vista password by following the instructions.

Windows Login Recovery is secure software. Your valuable data will not be lost when you remove password with this powerful Windows password recovery tool. If the steps above are not clear enough, please view the Windows Login Recovery User Guide.

The above three methods can help you remove Windows Vista password easily and safely. Even though you forget Windows Vista password and are completely locked out of your Vista computer, you can remove the forgotten password and log on your computer again.


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