How to create a password reset disk in Windows Vista

Windows Vista has a feature for creating a password reset disk. Using this you can logon to your computer if you have forgotten the password for this User Account. This can be accessed via Control Panel -> User Accounts and Family Safety -> User Accounts  and click on the Create a password reset disk link

Create as password reset disk link

This would launch the Forgotten Password Wizard.

Forgotten Password Wizard

Click Next and select the drive where you want to create the password file.

Forgotten Password Wizard 2

Then type in the current password of the logged in User Account

Current User Account Password 

Click on Finish.

Completing the Forgotten Password Wizard

After the completion, the disk which was used for storing password details will have a new file userkey.psw, this would contains details about the user account password and would be used for resetting.

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