Sometimes you may need to boot your computer to a disk instead if the installed operating system. For example, if you forgot Windows password on Acer and want to reset it by using a bootable password reset CD/DVD created through the help of Windows Password Unlocker Professional, you’ll be required to set BIOS of your locked Acer computer to boot from the bootable CD/DVD for Windows password recovery. Here will show you how to boot from CD/DVD in Acer.

1. Power on your Acer computer, and watch for the message to appear on the screen as the system boots up that says, “Press … to enter setup” or similar. Press the keys mentioned in the message simultaneously to enter the BIOS of the laptop.

2. Arrow over to the “Boot” heading on the screen and press the “Enter”.

3. On the coming window, arrow down to “Boot Device Priority” and press “Enter” to make it active.

4. Press the right or left arrow to change the device to “CDROM” and press “Enter.” Use the arrow key to select “2nd Boot Device” and press “Enter,” and then use the right or left arrow to select “Hard Drive” and press “Enter” again.

5. Use the right arrow to move over to the “Exit” option at the top of the BIOS screen and press “Enter.”

Please note that how to access the BIOS on your Acer laptop varies from model to model. Not all models access BIOS in the same manner. Following are the most commonly used key to access BIOS of Acer computer.

Acer – Aspire, Power, Veriton, Extensa, Ferrari, TravelMate, Altos
1. Press Del or F2 immediately after power on.
2. The BIOS on the Acer Altos 600 server uses the Ctrl+Alt+Esc key and the F1 key for advanced options.
3. Older Acer computers may use also use the F1 or Ctrl+Alt+Esc keys to access BIOS.

Ok, next time, if you want to reset Windows password on your Acer PC, just boot from a CD/DVD with Windows Password Unlocker. After Bios settings, you can reset your forgotten Windows password with the bootable CD/DVD/USB.

Whenever forgetting Windows password, user are often advised to reset it either with a Windows password reset disk or another account with administrator privileges. However, if you forgot Windows administrator password without password reset disk and you can only log on to computer with a standard user or guest account, what will you do? Please have a look at the following problem:

Problem: Forgot Windows 7 password? How I can reset it with a standard user account I created 2 accounts on my Windows 7 dell laptop. One is an administrator account and the other one is a limited account). Now I cannot remember my password for the administrator account. Can I reset the administrator password via the standard user account? Or is there any other way to reset the forgotten administrator account password? Please note I never created a password reset disk for the administrator account.

If you are trying to reset the administrator password with the limited account, you’ll find it will now work for you. Why? According to Microsoft, a standard user account is to let a person use most of the capabilities of the computer, but permission from an administrator is required if you want to make changes that affect other users or the security of the computer. So you cannot change another account password with a standard user. And the guest account also allows you to reset another account password.

On that condition, the most effective and simple approach case is to use a powerful Windows password recovery tool like Windows Password Unlocker Professional. With this password recovery tool at hand, you easily reset administrator, standard user and guest passwords by yourself if you forgot Windows password. Besides, it is very safe; no data will be lost after password reset. Read more

So if you forgot Windows password, what will do to remove or reset Windows password? Have you ever troubled with this problem? Now it is no need to be worried any longer. Here lists 10 options for you to reset Windows admin password, user password and domain password.

1. Windows password hint

When setting a Windows password on Windows XP and other Windows versions, you are able to create a hint to help you remember the lost or forgotten Window password. Of course, the password hint will not appear until you input a wrong Windows password. With the help of hint, you can easily to remember the forgotten password.

2. Use Password Reset disk to reset windows password

You can easily create a password reset disk in Windows XP/Vista/7 if you can log on your computer. The password reset disk can help you reset Windows password when you forget Windows password. No need to worry about anything if you have a password reset disk. But in fact, many users forget to create a password reset disk before lost Windows password.

3. Reset Windows password by another available admin account

If you are able to log in your computer with built-in administrator account or other available admin account, Windows password reset can be very simple for you. After logging on computer, just click My Computer icon to select Manage to enter Computer Management screen, and then click Local Users and Groups folder and Users folder. All Windows accounts will be displayed for you. Right-click the account you want to edit and select Reset Password to reset your lost Windows password.

4. Reset Windows Password on safe mode

When you forget Windows password, you can also try to reset Windows password on safe mode. Take Windows Vista for example, after pressing F8 to select Safe Mode with Command Prompt, you can enter safe mode with an available admin password. In the following command prompt, you can use net user command to perform Windows password reset easily.

5. Reset windows password with Windows Password Unlocker Standard by a bootable CD/DVD

Windows Password Unlocker Standard allows you to burn a bootable CD/DVD to reset lost or forgotten Windows administrator password and other user account password for Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000/NT. Reset Windows password on your own. No need to call in an expensive PC expert.

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An administrator password, also called an admin password, is the password to any Windows account that has administrator level access. In older operating systems like Windows XP, there is actually an account named Administrator in addition to administrator access for other accounts.

You’ll need an administrator password to access certain Windows diagnostic and repair functions. You may also need to enter an administrator password to run certain types of programs depending on how Windows is configured on your computer. Read more

A Windows password reset disk is a specially created floppy disk or USB flash drive that can be used to gain access to Windows if you’ve forgotten your password. If you’ve ever forgotten your Windows password before, you can imagine how valuable a password reset disk is.

Be proactive and create a password reset disk right now. It’s completely free, aside from needing a floppy disk or USB drive, and it’s very easy to do. Read more

Forgot Windows 7 password? Have been locked out of computer? Maybe, many people have the same nerve-wracking problem —– Lost the windows passwords. In fact, there are many solutions to recover/bypass/remove/reset/erase/delete the login passwords .
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