How to Crack Your Forgotten Password in Windows 7?

For convenience, we often create an easy-to-remember and uncomplicated password for the PC like birthday date, which makes great possible to Crack Windows 7 password by guessing. So, how to prevent from your password being hacked?

Following is the tip and trick that tells you to hold back hackers' access into your laptop with the guessing password.

Enable Account Lockout if one tries to guess your password

Regarding your worries that someone tries to hack Win 7 password by guessing it, you can simply in case of this by enabling Account lockout in Windows 7.

· Step 1. Open Local Security Policy windows by inputting open local security policy in the Start search box and hitting Enter.

· Step 2. Double-click Account Policies on the left and select Account Lockout Policy.

You'll find that there are only three policies in the right hand pane, and your account should not automatically lock out when the password is entered incorrectly by default.

· Step 3. Right-click the Account lockout threshold Policy and select Properties.

· Step 4. Set the number of login attempts that you want Windows to allow before it locks the account when the properties window comes up, and then click OK to save settings.

· Step 5. Windows will prompt you to set suggested settings for Account lockout duration and the length of time to Reset account lockout counter. We usually use the default values of 30 minutes by clicking OK. You can also modify the values according to your needs.

Your Win 7 user account will lock after the set number of failed login attempts. With the settings in this case, you account will be locked for 30 minutes if the password is entered incorrectly 5 times in a row.

The Account Lockout Threshold is a security setting that determines the number of failed login attempts before that account is locked out.

But sometimes you may still feel worried as your password is too "strong" that you would easily forgot password by accident. Therefore, you have to find way to hack Win 7 password. If you have the similar troubles, you can take the following tip for reference.