Be prepared and forget the Vista Password!

To securely use the Vista system, a strong user password is essential. Many users also know this, so the system password is very complicated. This is of course a good thing, and the system security is greatly improved. However, some users are a little sloppy. Although the password is complicated, they often forget the password content. However, Vista's security is much better than XP, And the password cannot be cracked through the password recovery tool for the time being. Therefore, these users have to reinstall the system, which is very troublesome. In fact, there are corresponding password protection measures in Vista, through these password protection measures, even if we forget the user password, do not worry, because we can use it to reset the user password.

Password protection

Choose "Control Panel"> "User Account and home security"> "User Account"> "Change Password ". On the "Change Password" page, you can see the text box "Enter password prompt. This is the new feature of Vista-password prompt. The "password prompt" is the same as the password protection function when we register a forum or website ID at ordinary times. You can set a password protection prompt so that once you forget the password, you can use the password prompt to recall the forgotten password.

Figure 1. Set a password prompt

In "Enter password prompt", we can enter some tips to help remember the password. For example, if the password is "bbs.cbifamily.com", you can enter "home computer Forum" here ". I believe that you will be able to recall the password content immediately. Of course, the password prompt cannot be too simple, especially it cannot be set to be the same as the password for convenience of memory. This makes no sense even if the password is strong.
The password prompt is not displayed by default on the login interface of Vista. It appears only when you enter the wrong password.

TIPS: the password prompt can be seen by everyone, so be careful when setting it.

Create a USB flash drive with a password

Although the password prompt can help us recall the password, it does not have the function of changing the password. If we cannot recall the password, what should we do? To prevent this, Vista also provides a password recovery method, that is, creating a "Password Reset disk ".

Step 1. Go to "Control Panel"> "User Account and home security"> "User Account"> "Change Password ".

Step 2. In the left-side navigation pane of the "Change User Account" page, click "create Password Reset disk ".

Step 3: Go to the create Password Reset disk wizard and click "Next" to continue.

Figure 2. Start creating a password reset Disk

Step 4. Insert the USB flash drive or software into the system, and select the drive letter of the USB flash drive or floppy disk in the Wizard. Click "Next ".

Step 5. Enter the password of the current account in the Wizard. leave it blank if there is no password.

When the Progress reaches 100%, it indicates that the password reset disk is successfully created. After opening the USB flash drive, we will find an additional userkey. psw file, which is the password recovery file. This file cannot be deleted. Otherwise, resetting the disk password will become ineffective. If you forget the Vista account password after you have the password reset disk, You can reset the password of the password account according to the following steps.

Figure 3. the disk is successfully reset after the password is created.

Step 1. Insert the password reset disk into the system to go to the System Account Logon page.

Step 2. Enter some numbers in the user's password box and click "Log on.

Step3. if the password is incorrect, the system will prompt a wrong password and return to the logon interface. A "Reset Password" link will be displayed on the interface.

Figure 4. "Reset Password" Link

Step 4. Click the "Reset Password" link to enter the password recovery wizard. Click "Next" to continue.

Step 5. Select the drive letter of the "Reset disk password" and click "Next ".

Step 6. On the pop-up password settings page, enter the new password and password prompt. Click "Next" and the new password will take effect.

In this way, we can log on to the system with the new password. It should be noted that this password reset disk is not used for a long time and can be restored for countless times. If this password reset disk falls into the hands of others, so he can also recover to your system through the password, so we must protect the password reset disk, of course, there is also the userkey. psw file.