Admin Problem with Windows 7 Install New Laptop

Bare Foot Kid said:

Hello laryscott, welcome to Seven Forums.

There is another option to reset the user password, have a look at the tutorial at the link below; be sure to keep us informed.


Reset your Windows Password

"How To Reset A Windows Password" requires a disk which I did not have; it's a brand new laptop, and hadn't gotten that far.

"Using System Restore" I had one restore point, but that didn't work.

This looked very promising . . . "How To Change the User Account Password If Unable To Log Into Windows" First thing it asks you for is your password . . .

The other tools I'm sure will come in handy for other password/account related issues . . . and the rest of the options required a disk.

The second site: Password Reset Disk : Windows 7 / Vista
has the same requirements as the first site.

If I'd of been far enough along to have the disk, it wouldn't have been a problem.

Thanks for the references.

I just did it thru safemode with command prompt. Took about 2 mins.

Hmmmmmmmmmm, I'll try again.

5 repair disks wouldn't have done me any good, because in order to do anything, I had to have the admin password which I didn't have, hence the Linux hack. :)

We never give up ...

laryscott said:

Hmmmmmmmmmm, I'll try again.

5 repair disks wouldn't have done me any good, because in order to do anything, I had to have the admin password which I didn't have, hence the Linux hack. :)

We never give up ...

Use your User Account, not the Administrator Account.

Bought new Vaio VPCEB 11FX (VPCE Series) yesterday.
Unboxed, and (per instructions - Vaio) performed Windows update and VAIO Update.
Getting late, so I clicked the power off button.

Today, I can not log in to the Admin account. This is the first and only account on the new system.

This admin account was newly created by me.

Thanks theog . . .

When I booted the laptop, at the initial login, the first account I created was the "User Admin account." I entered my password, and got, "Incorrect username or password"

The screen only displayed my User Admin account, so that is the account I was trying to log into.

I wrote down my username and password on a sticky, logged in at least twice using these credentials, then the following morning they no longer work. (I'm the only one here.)

Using a "Windows" fix would have been the correct way to go about repairing the problem, I just didn't/don't know the fix.

Reread all the posts one of the fix's will work, if not do a reinstall.