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
This would launch the Forgotten Password Wizard.
Click Next and select the drive where you want to create the password file.
Then type in the current password of the logged in User Account
Click on Finish.
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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