Locked out from windows 7 administrator account


  1. GothixKhan
    Posts : 14
    Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
       New #1

    Locked out from windows 7 administrator account


    hi!

    the other day I was very angry and I changed my password without thinking and I somehow managed to not remember it. Now I'm locked out of my windows 7 starter edition administrator account and there's a ton of work I need to be doing.

    is there any legal software or a method to recover my password?
    or in other words, how can I hack my windows 7 account from another computer?
    I have an Acer AspireOne mini laptop(no disk tray!!) and it's where I store all my work data.
    any help would be much appreciated

    p.s.: didn't know where to put this, and since I'm asking for a software or a tip I thought this might be the right place.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. Brink
    Posts : 72,051
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       New #2

    Hello GothixKhan, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    You can use METHOD THREE in the tutorial below to reset your password with.

    Reset User Account Password - Vista Forums

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  4. GothixKhan
    Posts : 14
    Windows 7 Pro x64 SP1
    Thread Starter
       New #3

    Brink said:
    Hello GothixKhan, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    You can use METHOD THREE in the tutorial below to reset your password with.

    Reset User Account Password - Vista Forums

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
    Hi there!
    Thank you so much for the quick reply I appreciate it.
    Although, as I already mentioned, I have an Acer AspireOne (10.1" mini laptop) therefore I do not have a CD / DVD and buying an external one is out of the question since I am on a VERY low budget.

    concerning the USB way, For some reason my BIOS is locked and I was not given a password when I bought it, I am not happy with that and I am thinking of calling Acer Inc in the next few days to b***h them about it. Therefore, the USB way is out of the question as well since I cannot tell my laptop to boot from something else than the primary HDD.

    Do you have any other tricks up your sleeves?
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  6. Brink
    Posts : 72,051
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       New #4

    GothixKhan,

    Reseting your CMOS should clear the BIOS password to allow you to reset the user password afterwards.

    Refer to page 112 in the PDF manaul file link below for you laptop for how to. The previous pages will help show you how to open the case to get to this point.

    http://tim.id.au/laptops/acer/aspire%20one.pdf
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  7. Bill2
    Posts : 5,056
    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
       New #5

    And if the thought of opening the machine gives you the jitters, you can use the cmos/bios password recovery tool. Heres a comprehensive guide on how to do it.

    Guide to remove BIOS password of Acer computer (Both Laptop & Desktop).).

    Edit: The cmos/bios tool will not work if you cant boot into the comp at all. But scroll down the page and theres a method posted to know your actual password from the PQService partition.
    Last edited by Bill2; 13 Apr 2010 at 06:16. Reason: clarify
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
I am currently locked out of the only account in my windows 7 computer. I restored it from Windows.old due to a virus problem and forgot the password for the administrator that I was using at the time. I have no way of accessing safe mode or a command prompt and I do not have an installation disk....
I can't log in as Administrator on my primary account. I get an error message: 'username or password is incorrect'. I can use my Guest account, but I'm not able to update, change or download anything as it asks me for my admin's username. I don't think I have a password, just the username. ...
How to Unlock a Locked Out User Account in Windows 7 and Windows 8 Normally the account lockout duration security setting determines the number of minutes a locked out account remains locked out before automatically becoming unlocked. If the account lockout duration is set to 0 minutes, then a...
Hi, I basically had 3 accounts on my computer, one being "Administrator" (w Admin rights), one "test" (Standard User rights) and one more "User" that is the one I use most frequently (with Admin rights). When I last used it last Friday the User account was still present and all my programs were...
Hi There, I've a problem with ALL my Windows 7 Laptop ini my office. We have 5 Laptop with Windows 7 installed in it. A week ago, everything is doing Normally. I make those 5 laptops join domain, and I make the user in domain as an administrator in their local Laptop. But in last Monday,...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 20:56.
Find Us