Sandiway Blue Posted November 12, 2011 Posted November 12, 2011 As the title says i`m in a bit of a pickle,or should i say my son is.For some inexplicable reason he decided to change his user password and now can`t remember it.So does anybody know how to get around this problem? I`ve tried looking in Bios and can`t change it there.Thanks in advance if somebody can help!
Biddy Posted November 12, 2011 Posted November 12, 2011 Is it windows? And do you not have the Administrator password? if not.... If so, I always use "Offline Windows Pawword & Registry Editor" from HERE About two thirds of the way down there is a link to download CD or USB image. Personally I use CD, simply burn and boot the PC using that CD. It goes through a linux based system which is text based but you can pretty much press enter all all questions to go with the default options. Eventually it will get to a part which show what users are on the system. choose your sons account and then when it says "enter new password", don't bother as it never works, just enter * to set a blank password. reboot, Windows will perform a disk check as it knows something has changed. now log on to the account with no password. It is simple but the linux screens can look a litle daunting. I wonder if other people have other options.
mr bishi Posted November 12, 2011 Posted November 12, 2011 http://www.howtogeek.com/96630/how-to-reset-your-forgotten-windows-password-the-easy-way/
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