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Windows 7 administrator Password lost! How can I login windows 7 without password?
I do not have any disks for windows 7 and can not access anything from my computer. Is there anyway I can reset the password? Is there a master password or something I can do? Oh and I only have one account on the computer.
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You can boot from a Linux CD to reset the Windows password.
Of course, that assumes the Windows partition is not encrypted (in that case, you've lost).
Michael Borgwardt
Posted 2010-03-22T18:33:24.760
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The easiest way I've handled this in the past was to use (or build if you don't have one) a BartPE (BartPE website, wikipedia) and use Sala Password Renew (sala source).
Boot from the BartPE, either build the PE with sala password renew, or put it on a USB drive and run it once the PE has loaded. Sala password renew allows you to set/reset the password for any Windows accounts on the computer.
UPDATE: see another thread related to yours: Lost my Windows 7 admin password, need to change or reset it
Cory Plastek
Posted 2010-03-22T18:33:24.760
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2@Josh K: please don't manually add the "Possible Duplicate" link section -- those are automatically added by the system when the question is closed. – quack quixote – 2010-03-22T22:04:01.543
possible duplicate: http://superuser.com/questions/95685/windows-7-administrator-password-lost-how-can-i-login-windows-7-without-password
– quack quixote – 2010-03-22T22:04:36.707