How to Recover Password on ASUS Laptop Windows 7

Elena Spencer Updated on Apr 15, 2022 5:58 PM

It's not particularly surprising that someone forgot the password and cannot get into ASUS laptop with windows 7. Fortunately, our step-by-step solutions on recovering password in Windows 7 on ASUS laptop should cover most situations of yours. You don't need to reinstall the system.

Method 1: Microsoft Windows 7 Password Recovery Disk

This may seem reasonably straightforward, but it's easy to overlook in a panic. Unless you have a password recovery disk ready for Windows 7 ASUS laptop, you could use it to recover the lost password without logging in.

Open up ASUS laptop, and try to type a password in the lock screen.
When an error message pops up, click OK.
Click "Reset password" link right under the password field. This brings up Password Reset Wizard window.
Pop in the password recovery disk as required, and click Next.
When you get into Reset the User Account Password pane, type and verify a new password.
Click Next, and then click Finish.
Access Windows 7 system of ASUS laptop with new password, and enjoy!

Method 2: Via a Windows 7 Password Recovery App

In case you have no reset disk prepared, there actually is a way to recover ASUS laptop password for Windows 7 via a piece of software. In this example, we will use Spower Windows Password Reset program, but there're other options out online.

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The application enormously simplifies the process of recovering Windows 7 password in ASUS laptop, and it's really quite easy to implement. It can reset or recover user passwords, administrator passwords as well as guest passwords of the accounts when forgotten on the machine. Plus, it includes a handy disk burner, which makes creating a password recovery disk a snap.

The first thing is to make sure that you're downloading the tool onto a functional computer. After installation, you're ready to carry out Windows 7 ASUS laptop password recovery in no time.

Open the tool. Insert either a blank CD/DVD or USB to the computer.
Press CD/DVD or USB device button to initialize burning a password recovery disk.

Take out the disk when finishes burning. Insert it to the locked ASUS laptop for recovering password of Windows 7 account.
Reboot your laptop from with the recovery disk plugged in. You need to change boot order in BIOS so your laptop boots from USB disk or CD/DVD-ROM - according to the type of your recovery disk.

How to boot Windows 7 system from USB

How to boot Windows 7 system from CD/DVD

Key to enter BIOS on ASUS

Once you set properly, the program will open and display all accounts on the system.
Highlight a user account that you're trying to recover password on ASUS Windows 7 laptop.
Click Reset button to reset the old password to blank within seconds.
Press Reboot button, and remove the password recovery disk.
Log onto Windows 7 ASUS laptop without password!

Tip: You can also use the instructions to recover admin password on ASUS laptop with Windows 7 if forgotten.

Method 3: Use Installation Disk (ASUS Recover Disk)

It's always possible to recover a password on ASUS laptop in Windows 7 using the installation disk when you locked out of the machine.

Grab your installation, and insert it to the ASUS notebook.
Start or restart your laptop.
Press any key to boot from the disk when prompted on the screen.
Configure your language settings, and press Next.
On the bottom-left of the next screen, click Repair Your Computer.
Windows 7 installation should load automatically. Wait until it's completed.
On the opening dialog, take note of the location (drive letter) of Windows 7.
Click Windows 7, and then click Next.
Click on Command Prompt to open command prompt window.
Type the commands one by one, and press Enter after each. Use correct drive letter of yours.

copy d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe d:\

copy d:\windows\system32\cmd.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe

Exit command prompt, and remove installation disk.
Restart ASUS laptop. At bootup, press Shift key five times to access command prompt.
Enter the command correctly: net user username newpassword. Use your actual account name and new password instead.
Tap Enter, and reboot ASUS notebook normally.

From now on, you can easily get into ASUS laptop and access Windows 7 account using the reset password without a hitch.

Method 4: Recover ASUS Laptop Windows 7 Password using Command Prompt

The fourth way to accomplish recovering Windows 7 user password on ASUS laptop is by simply using the command prompt. It's fairly simple.

Immediately after your laptop is powered on or restarted, tap F8 key repeatedly.

The Advanced Boot Options menu will open.
Use arrow keys to select Safe Mode with Command Prompt, and press Enter.
This will open a command prompt window in administrator status.
Run the following command, and replace username with your locked Windows 7 account name, and yournewpassword with anything you prefer to.

net user username yournewpassword

Press Enter so the command comes into effect.

Supported List of Windows 7 ASUS Notebooks & Ultrabooks & 2-in-1 PCs:

Notebooks & Ultrabooks & 2-in-1 PCs: Zenbook Pro UX 501VW, N550JX, N551JQ, N550JK, ZenBook UX305CA, UX305UA, UX303LA, UX303UB, UX 305FA, ROG GL552VW, GL752VW, G752VL, G771JM, GL551JW, G752VY, G752VT, N550JX, N551JQ, N550JK, K501LX, K501UX, X552WA, X751LX, X550JX, X550ZA, X551MAV, X555LA, X751MA, E402SA, Vivobook E200HA, E403SA, Eee PC T101MT, E402MA, EeeBook X205TA, F555LA, F555UA, Transformer Book Flip TP200SA, TP500LA, TP550LA, TP300LA, Q553, Q303, Q503, Q551, Q552, Q302, T100HA, T300chi, T200TA, T100TAM, T100TAF, T100TA, T100chi, etc.