Reset passwords to Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows 7

Don't know or don't remember your Windows password ? So, surprisingly, this is not a problem at all ...

To change your Windows password:

1.) Back up the c: \ windows \ system32 \ utilman.exe file
2.) Replace utilman.exe with cmd.exe (ie copy cmd.exe and then rename it to utilman.exe)
3.) Restart the PC
4.) Click on the Easy Access icon on the windows login screen
5.) The Command Prompt opens
6.) Set a new password for the user using the net user User Password command

PS1: Validated on Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows 7. For Windows 7, the magnify.exe file can be used instead of utilman.exe.
PS2: In addition to changing the password of an existing user, it is also possible to directly create a new user, see. article Add user via Windows command line

Next steps:

1.) Boot the Linux distribution of PartedMagic
2.) Menu - Rescue - Change Windows Password
3.) Follow the information
PS: Functionality verified on Windows 10 - Administrator account has been enabled