I need a best Windows 11 password reset/recovery tool - any suggestions?

You can reset Windows 11 password with a bootable USB. 

Step 1: Use the Media Creation Tool from Microsoft to create a bootable Windows 11 USB drive.

Step 2:  Plug the bootable USB drive into the computer and select the USB drive from the boot options and press Enter.

Step 3:  Once the Windows Setup screen appears, press Shift + F10 to open the Command Prompt.

Step 4: Replace Utility Manager with CMD (ren utilman.exe utilman.exe.bak)

Step 5: Close the Command Prompt and restart your computer, booting into Windows normally. 

Step 6: At the login screen, click on the Utility Manager (Ease of Access) icon. This should open Command Prompt instead of the Utility Manager.

Step 7: Reset the Windows 11 password with the following command:

net user username newpassword

This method effectively resets the Windows 11 password using a bootable USB drive and Command Prompt.