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kellyjo
21-03-11, 07:03 PM
My kids have a laptop with windows7. As it came from an educational grant it was already set up with two users - Administrator (me) and Learners (them).

Stupidly, Ive forgotten my admin password so now can't change anything on that machine.

Can anyone offer some advice as to how I can get admin access or force a password change?

Thanks, KJ x

Dave20046
21-03-11, 07:12 PM
http://4sysops.com/archives/three-ways-to-reset-a-windows-vista-admin-password/
any help?

You'll most likey need to download & burn some software to do it in the end

Iansv II
21-03-11, 07:22 PM
If you don't get it sorted by the weekend KJ let me know and i'll pop over and hack it for ya ;)

pookie
21-03-11, 07:38 PM
i used this rescue disk on a win 7 pc

http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?content=TRINITY_RESCUE_KIT____CPR_FOR_YO UR_COMPUTER&front_id=12&lang=en&locale=en

You will need another pc to download and burn the iso image to cd.

Then stick it into the win 7 pc and boot from cd.

There is a windows password reset option from the menu.
It does its thing and then reboot the pc and log in using the reset / blank password

Dave20046
21-03-11, 07:39 PM
i used this rescue disk on a win 7 pc

http://trinityhome.org/Home/index.php?content=TRINITY_RESCUE_KIT____CPR_FOR_YO UR_COMPUTER&front_id=12&lang=en&locale=en

You will need another pc to download and burn the iso image to cd.

Then stick it into the win 7 pc and boot from cd.

There is a windows password reset option from the menu.
It does its thing and then reboot the pc and log in using the reset / blank password

this works well, you may need a free program like power iso to burn the disk

Sudoxe
21-03-11, 07:51 PM
When the computer starts up, just before the windows logo appears keep pressing the F8 button.

You should get a menu, select safe mode. Once in you should be able to login as "Administrator" with no password, assuming it hasn't been disabled. Once in you can change the other "Admin" password.