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I need to restore to factory settings without knowing admin password. Page 1 of 2 1 2 Last vaughnpereira Posts : 6 32 bit 23 May 2012 #1
This will show you how to use System Restore to reset the passwords of users to what they were for the date of the restore point in Windows 7.
EzioAuditore said: Log into the guest account and follow the steps in the link below to create a repair disk from which you can boot to reset the password as per the very first link i posted earlier. System Repair Disc - Create. That would work but you need the password to access the "Create a recovery disk" option.
I recently changed the password on my main machine and lost connectivity from my other machines (two laptops one desktop) I can see the shared drives on the network tree but when I try to connect it tells me I don't have permissions to access the drives.
This tutorial will help show you how to reset the password of a user account in Windows 7. This can be handy if the password was lost or forgotten to be able to regain access.
Right click on CMD under Programs (1) choose . On the User Access Control window click on the Yes button . Command Prompt opens up to C:\Windows\System32>_. Type in net user administrator /active: yes and press <Enter>. If that doesn't work try enabling it from the System Recovery command prompt.
Notice that if you want to use the CopyProfile component when sysprepping an existing Windows setup, you need to delete all user accounts except the built-in administrator account while in Audit Mode.
13. Restart the computer NOTE: This will disable the administrator account. 14. Now, Boot to winRE again, and click on the Command Prompt option. 15. Type the following commands and press enter after each one: 16. Restart the computer – system logs on to the User account without asking for password provided there is only one user account.
Now you will be greeted by a password prompt any time you do something that user account control deems a security action. This may happen more of less often depending on what level you set your UAC to.
3. After enabling the Built-In Administrator Account will it show up among the user list when I go to log into Windows? 4. How do I gain access to the Built-In Administrator Account once it is enabled if it has a password that was set 18 months before I purchased the computer and don't know what the password is? 5.