Cannot start windows- no password


  1. ps67boy
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    Cannot start windows- no password


    It seems that I was not paying attention when setting up Win 7 for the first time on my new computer. After a reboot it is asking me for my PW. I don't have a clue. Other sources say I now need to reinstall Win 7 but no disk comes with the unit (lenovo). Any ideas? Thanx. Alan
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  3. Brink
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    Hello Alan, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    One of the options in the tutorial below should allow you to be able to reset the password.

    User Account - Reset Password in Windows 7

    Hope this helps, :)
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  4. Sir George
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    ps67boy said:
    It seems that I was not paying attention when setting up Win 7 for the first time on my new computer. After a reboot it is asking me for my PW. I don't have a clue. Other sources say I now need to reinstall Win 7 but no disk comes with the unit (lenovo). Any ideas? Thanx. Alan
    Have you tried leaving the password field empty and see what happens?

    HTH
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  6. ps67boy
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    Brink said:
    Hello Alan, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    One of the options in the tutorial below should allow you to be able to reset the password.

    User Account - Reset Password in Windows 7

    Hope this helps, :)
    Shawn
    Shawn, thanks so much, especially the speed of respons. Not quite what I needed but it led me to Levono's solution. If I may impose, what if I don't want a PW at all? How do I do that?
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  7. boohbah
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    its generally NOT recommended to have no password, what can happen is, if you get a virus some particularly nasty ones can make a password and lock you out your system.
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