5 Best Password Recovery tools for Windows 10 in 2019

Password is very essential for system security but it may cause problem when you lose it. If you lose your Windows login password, it seems like there’s no other choice than clean installing your system again. But there are many third part apps available that helps you to recover your system login password. Here we will provide you a list of the 5 best free password recovery tools for Windows 10.

1. UBCD (Ultimate Boot CD) Password Recovery Software

If you are unable to access your admin account and lost password, UBCD is the best tool to recover your forgotten password. Apart from recovering password, it also contains tools that help you to fix several Windows issues. All you need to do is just download the latest version of UBCD to another computer and use a free ISO burning utility like FreeISO Burner to burn the bootable media to a disk or a USB flash drive. Now insert and boot up your locked Windows 10 PC with the bootable UBCD disk or drive, doing so will show “Parted Magic” option in boot up menu; select that and press Enter.

On the next screen, you need to select the default settings to get to the Parted Magic desktop and click the option called PCLoginNow located under System Tools on the bottom left of your screen.  After that you will see window that shows you all the drive partitions. Select the right one to get the main interface for the chntpw utility. Then follow the on screen instructions to select the right user and then edit or delete that user’s password. At last, press q and Enter to quit, then y and Enter to confirm writing the registry hive to the disk.

You may download UBCD Password Recovery Software from here.

2. Offline NT Password & Registry Editor

Offline NT Password & Registry Editor is also one of the best password recovery tools for Windows. With this tool, you may erase the password completely and then set up a new one normally. All you need to do is just download an ISO file, mount it to a bootable media, plug it in your computer, and the process can start. This is the best way to reset the password immediately. Offline NT Password & Registry Editor requires some command line work to remove the password.  This software works offline and asks you to shut down your computer and boot off a CD or USB disk to do the password reset.

You may download Offline NT Password & Registry Editor from here.

3. Windows Password Unlocker

If you lost your system login password, Windows Password Unlocker helps you to create your own password reset CD/DVD or USB flash drive and access your PC with ease. It is very simple to use, all you need to do it just download and install this tool on another accessible computer, run it and burn to a blank CD /DVD or USB flash drive and then boot your locked PC from the newly created disk to reset your forgotten password. It is a powerful solution when you forget your Windows password and the system is blocked. Also, you need not need to reinstall or format your system every time lost password.

You may download Windows Password Unlocker from here.

4. Ophcrack

Ophcrack is a freewaee that helps you to recover passwords by using LM hashes through rainbow tables. With this tool, you may import the hashes from a variety of formats, including dumping directly from the SAM files of Windows. It is one of the most effective tools to crack most passwords within a few minutes. By default, ophcrack is designed with tables that allow it to remove passwords no longer than 14 characters using only alphanumeric characters. All you need to do is just go to the website and download the appropriate version for the Windows machine you want to unlock. You need to do this process on a different PC.

After creating the disk or drive, insert that into your locked PC and boot it up. Now wait for the Ophcrack menu to display. Since the media is bootable, it includes all the OS and other information that you require to reset the password. If you don’t change anything, Ophcrack will automatically start to reset the password after a few seconds. As reset process completes, you will be able to log into your account with a recovered password.

You may download Ophcrack from here.

5. PassMoz Windows Password Recovery

If you are using Windows 10 PC and lost your password, PassMoz is the perfect choice for Windows Password Recovery. With this tool, you may reset your forgotten Windows password with just a one click. It allows you to reset user and admin password on Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP.  The lost password gets permanently removed without any data loss.

You may download PassMoz Windows Password Recovery tool from here.

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