Reset password help.

[DarkBlade2117]

I'm starting early college for 9th grade and I go to my grandmas a lot. I can take a few classes online and my grandma has this laptop she rarely uses I found up stairs. I asked if I could use it for school she said yeah but one problem. She doesn't know the password. Is there anyway I can override it and set a new one without having to wipe the HDD? It runs windows 7 also.

[Snickerzz]

If you have a recovery disk:

 

Step 1: Boot from Installation CD.
As soon as you turn on PC, press DEL or F2 to enter BIOS setting screen. Move CD-ROM option to the first place of boot disk. Save and restart your PC, it will boot from CD instantly.

 

Step 2: Select Repair Windows and Get into Command Prompt.
When your computer boots from the CD, you should click repair your computer option, then choose Command Prompt from various options.

 

Step 3: Recover Windows 7 Password with Commands.
3-1 Type: copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\f
3-2 Type: copy /y c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe
3-3 Exit installation CD, and reboot your PC.

 

Step 4: Reset Windows 7 Password.
While Windows login screen appears, press the Shift key 5 times to bring up the command line interface. Now type net user <your name> <your new password>.

 

For example, net user isunshare 12345. That means the password of account isunshare is set as 12345.

Password reset work has finished so far. But sethc.exe has been covered. Now use the command c:\sethc.exe file back to c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe to restore the original sethc.exe file.

 

If not:

http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

 

Guide from isunshare

[DarkBlade2117]

If you have a recovery disk:

 

Step 1: Boot from Installation CD.

As soon as you turn on PC, press DEL or F2 to enter BIOS setting screen. Move CD-ROM option to the first place of boot disk. Save and restart your PC, it will boot from CD instantly.

 

Step 2: Select Repair Windows and Get into Command Prompt.

When your computer boots from the CD, you should click repair your computer option, then choose Command Prompt from various options.

 

Step 3: Recover Windows 7 Password with Commands.

3-1 Type: copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\f

3-2 Type: copy /y c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe

3-3 Exit installation CD, and reboot your PC.

 

Step 4: Reset Windows 7 Password.

While Windows login screen appears, press the Shift key 5 times to bring up the command line interface. Now type net user <your name> <your new password>.

 

For example, net user isunshare 12345. That means the password of account isunshare is set as 12345.

Password reset work has finished so far. But sethc.exe has been covered. Now use the command c:\sethc.exe file back to c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe to restore the original sethc.exe file.

 

If not:

http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/

 

Guide from isunshare

Nope ):

[Enderman]

http://imgur.com/gallery/H8obU

[DarkBlade2117]

I ended up finding out the password. Quite salty at this one it was " bite me " yes with a space.

[G33k 4 L1F3]

I ended up finding out the password. Quite salty at this one it was " bite me " yes with a space.

[sharon]

You can also use PCUnlocker Live CD. It can either bypass (not reset or delete) or reset a lost windows password.