wozzzzza Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 have an old windows 7 computer that has an admin account and a user account, we know the user account but we need to get the admin account, but cant remember password, is there a way to reset this password without losing data? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution kasper Posted March 20, 2023 Solution Share Posted March 20, 2023 try this wozzzzza, psyko666 and TrojanK 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Monkey Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 (edited) if still having problems, (did you try youtube method above ?) you can use some PE disk with password recovery tools copy to usb device, boot from USB and do the doing I can help you with links if nececery Official MediCat USB - A Multiboot Linux USB for PC Repair https://gbatemp.net/threads/medicat-usb-a-multiboot-linux-usb-for-pc-repair.361577/ - Jayro's Lockpick - A Bootable Password Removal Suite (WinPE) https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-jayros-lockpick-a-bootable-password-removal-suite-winpe.579278/ Edited March 20, 2023 by Dark Monkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PriSim Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Try Kon Boot. Tested and easy to use. https://kon-boot.com/ phen0men4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wozzzzza Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 (edited) On 3/20/2023 at 7:40 PM, kasper said: try this this works, but it only gives me one shot at it as the command prompt disappears after about 1 minute then i have to do the process again, half hour it takes. i have changed the Administrator password but when i log in the account has been disabled. the PC is part of a domain. it has another username of "win7admin" as well as Administrator. it appears to have a domain name of T-007. what syntax do i use to change the passwords of these admin accounts for local PC? "net user win7admin * /T-007" doesnt work neither does "net user T-007/win7admin *" Edited March 21, 2023 by wozzzzza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 2 hours ago, wozzzzza said: this works, but it only gives me one shot at it as the command prompt disappears after about 1 minute then i have to do the process again, half hour it takes. i have changed the Administrator password but when i log in the account has been disabled. the PC is part of a domain. it has another username of "win7admin" as well as Administrator. it appears to have a domain name of T-007. what syntax do i use to change the passwords of these admin accounts for local PC? "net user win7admin * /T-007" doesnt work neither does "net user T-007/win7admin *" ok try this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy2004 Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 and not 1 mention of hirens boot cd.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meohmy Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 Strelecs Boot CD is the more up to date, a life saver if ever there was one. nsaner2006 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wozzzzza Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 7 hours ago, kasper said: ok try this this is same as your other video. ive even tried adding a new admin user, wont work as no domain server located. it appears unless there is a domain server this computer can connect to nothing seems to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 (edited) 24 minutes ago, wozzzzza said: this is same as your other video. ive even tried adding a new admin user, wont work as no domain server located. it appears unless there is a domain server this computer can connect to nothing seems to work ok use live liveusb https://www.isumsoft.com/windows-7/windows-7-password-reset-without-disk.html Edited March 21, 2023 by kasper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wozzzzza Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 i did manage to get this working, when i was logging in as admin i had the slash the wrong way on the login and didnt work, all working now thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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