You will need to go into your settings for this. This will give you the option of changing your password whenever you want.
If you are trying to reset windows 7 password which is not associated with the administrator account you can in fact reset that password as long as you have your administrator password.The only way to reset your administrator password if you cannot remember it on Windows 7 is to either purchase a password recovery software program or reinstall Windows 7 with your recovery disk. You can get more information from Toshiba Official Website.
With the recovery disks, just insert disk 1 into your drive, boot laptop to CD and your on the way to recovery.
To reboot your Toshiba laptop if you've forgotten your password, you can use a password reset disk if you created one previously. If not, you can access the recovery options by turning on the laptop and pressing the F12 key to boot from a USB or recovery drive. Alternatively, you can perform a factory reset by turning off the laptop, then pressing and holding the "0" key while powering it on until the recovery screen appears, but this will erase all your data.
The best method to reset a BIOS password depends on what BIOS the computer has. Common BIOS's include AMI, Award, IBM and Phoenix. Numerous other BIOS's do exist, but these are the most common. Some BIOS's allow you to require a password be entered before the system will boot. Some BIOS's allow you to require a password to be entered before the BIOS setup may be accessed. The general categories of solutions to reset a BIOS password are: Using a Backdoor BIOS Password Resetting the BIOS Password using Software Resetting the BIOS Password using Hardware Vendor Specific Solutions for resetting the BIOS Password
Most Toshiba Satallite the days come with a buildt in software to burn your own and a shortcut to access the recovery from boot (F8 etc.) If not, i would advice you to buy a cheap one from Toshiba by providing them with your PC serial number and W7 Key(located under your machine or battery) or contact a store/PC garage. Most recovery websites are full of comersial, false and bad files.
To reset a Windows password, you can use the built-in password reset disk if you created one previously. If not, you can access the login screen, select "Reset password," and follow the prompts if you're using a Microsoft account. Alternatively, you can boot your computer into Safe Mode or use a Windows installation media to access recovery options and reset the password through Command Prompt. Always ensure you have backups of important data before attempting such procedures.
A password reset disk is actually just the install disk that came with your Apple. Once you boot it up ( depress C key when booting) there are a number of utilities you can use. One is the password reset utility. It is pretty straight forward. The answer to the question for MCTS exam is: An encrypted copy of the user password or userkey.psw
if you don't know what the password is you will have to reset the bios by tripping a jumper or removing the watch battery on the motherboard.
Boot into single user mode (append single on kernel line of bootloader) use passwd command to reset root's password
If the F8 key doesn't work for accessing the advanced boot options to reset your password, try restarting your computer and pressing the Shift key while clicking "Restart" from the login screen. This should take you to the Windows Recovery Environment, where you can select "Troubleshoot" and then "Reset this PC" to reset your password. Alternatively, you can create a password reset disk on another computer or use third-party password recovery tools if you're unable to access recovery options.
First you have to enter run level 1 by appending "1" or "single" or "init=/bin/bash" line at the kernel parameter line which you can access from the grub boot loader.(You have to select your OS and press "e" or something to edit the boot parameters. This can only be achieved if the grub is not password protected) Then, issue the usual password for password reset
There are 2 tricks you can have a try:Trick 1: Break HP windows 7 password with USB password reset discIf you have a password reset disk at hand you can use this way to reset your password.Step 1: When entering a wrong password, it will show you the Password hint and you can reset password as following picture. Click "Reset password" it will show you the Password Reset Wizard.Step 2: Click "Next" and select your USB password key disk drive to reset the password with a new one.Step 3: Then you can use the new password enter your computer.Trick 2: Break HP windows 7 password with USB bootable discStep 1: Download Windows Password Key and install it on an accessible PC.Step 2: Burn the ISO image file to USB flash drive. (The process is quite easy)Step 3: Turn to your locked HP computer and insert the newly created USB password reset disc to it.Step 4: Set BIOS to make sure your computer is boot from USB flash drive. Then follow the wizard to remove Windows password.