Make a admin account on a standard user account in windows 7

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I am on a standard user account and I want to change the admin's password but don't have the rights. Please help!

Jason

Posted 2014-04-18T18:43:01.033

Reputation: 13

1You can't. You have to be logged into an Administrator level account to do this in Windows. Since I believe this question is meant for malicious purposes I won't explain how to do this outside of Windows. – Ramhound – 2014-04-18T19:03:30.450

– and31415 – 2014-04-18T19:37:05.257

Might not be for malicious purposes. Sometimes you're given a PC and nobody remembers the admin password. – Kevin Panko – 2014-04-19T14:30:41.080

Answers

You could load pwdump7 on it and use John the ripper to crack the hashes you acquire using dumpsec.

Here are the links to download the said tools:

PwDump7 http://www.tarasco.org/security/pwdump_7/‎

John the ripper http://www.openwall.com/john/

Good luck!

Of note

Depending on the security policy set forth by the domain administrators (assuming you're on a domain) you might not be able to install the tools. Give it a try, keep me posted.

injector

Posted 2014-04-18T18:43:01.033

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I've lost my password to the admin though so PwDump7 won't work. – Jason – 2014-04-18T19:35:04.760

Are you a part of a domain? – injector – 2014-04-18T19:44:30.820

No I'm on a normal laptop running windows 7 – Jason – 2014-04-18T20:11:35.043

Perfect. If the laptop is not part of a domain and you are trying to reset the local admin password. Just use Ophcrack. You can find more information about it and download it from the following link:

http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/%E2%80%8E

– injector – 2014-04-21T14:16:20.140

This is impossible. Administrator activities require administrative rights. Ask whoever has access to the administrator user, or if there is no one, prepare to reinstall windows.

LPChip

Posted 2014-04-18T18:43:01.033

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