What is the administrator password?

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  1. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
       #1

    What is the administrator password?


    I want to change settings on my computer,then it prompts me for an administrator password,I enter my logon password or the wap key for the network that i'm on, but it says "logon failure: unknown username or bad password". I don't know what password it wants.

    Please Help.
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  2. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #2

    Is this on the same computer that you posted about here?
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  3. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Yup.
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  4. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #4

    Have you re-installed the operating system yet?

    Are you sure that it is Windows 7 Home Premium since that OS should not be able to join a domain.
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  5. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Yes it is Home Premium I checked, I tried re installing it but it asks me for the Administrator password, I entered my Logon password (the only one i know of) but it doesn't accept it.
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  6. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #6

    Sounds like your not an administrator.
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  7. Posts : 6,330
    Multi-Boot W7_Pro_x64 W8.1_Pro_x64 W10_Pro_x64 +Linux_VMs +Chromium_VM
       #7

    Thielen said:
    I tried re installing it but it asks me for the Administrator password
    You are trying to re-install, but can not re-install Win 7, right?

    How are you trying to do the re-install?
    From within the current Win 7, booting from a DVD, USB drive, etc.

    There are several SF tutorials for installing/re-installing.
    Tutorials - Windows 7 Forums
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  8. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    From a DVD.
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  9. Posts : 1,114
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
       #9

    If you are the admin try useing admin as the password
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  10. Posts : 499
    Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1 / WCP x64 / Ubuntu 11 x64
       #10

    Hello Thielen,

    Do you have another user account which is an administrator and which you have access to? If so login to it, run Local Users and Groups. Go to Users > Administrator > Right Click > Choose Set Password.
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