How to SET Administrator Password???

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    How to SET Administrator Password???


    why is this such an obscure topic???

    amazing what a Google search turns up for this: not much.

    I do not need to 'break in' to Win7, I'm just wanting to setup/establish and Administrator password. Simple...

    I read on one geek forum a Command-Line command that was supposed to do it and it failed and that has me mildly concerned that something got changed without my knowledge.... I ran "net user administrator password"
    and what I got back was "command completed". huh? what was the password???
    I expected to get two fields, enter a new password, check match, and go.

    help
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    Can someone vouch for this answer: Lost administrator password on windows 7 any way around it?

    I think what I may have done was changed/set the 'real Administrator' password to "password" :) !
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    zapp22 said:
    Can someone vouch for this answer: Lost administrator password on windows 7 any way around it?

    I think what I may have done was changed/set the 'real Administrator' password to "password" :) !
    Administrator Account - Vista Forums
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    I don't THINK that is correct.
    If the Administrator [root] account is inactive, it will not show, invalidating everything else in the article. I think.... but I could be wrong.

    it turns out my hunch was correct. incredibly, one could very easily accidentally set a password and not know it. its that easy/insecure/unverified. If the Administrator is set to "active", then the command Net user administrator _________ [fill in the blank with password of your choosing] is all that is needed to change from password A to B.

    awfully dicey and uncharacteristically insecure way to do this, but there it is.

    zapp

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    zapp22 said:
    I don't THINK that is correct.
    If the Administrator [root] account is inactive, it will not show, invalidating everything else in the article. I think.... but I could be wrong.

    it turns out my hunch was correct. incredibly, one could very easily accidentally set a password and not know it. its that easy/insecure/unverified. If the Administrator is set to "active", then the command Net user administrator _________ [fill in the blank with password of your choosing] is all that is needed to change from password A to B.

    awfully dicey and uncharacteristically insecure way to do this, but there it is.

    zapp

    You would need the A password first, to change to B.
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    THIS IS HOW YOU ENABLE AND SET A PASSWORD FOR ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT!!!!
    I just figured this out, I did not see this anywhere that I can remember...
    Control Panel
    System and Security
    Administrative Tools
    Local Security Policy
    Local Policies
    Security Options
    right click on "Accounts: Administrator account status"->properties->click enabled
    then go to user accounts in control panel
    Manage Accounts
    Change an Account
    administrator will now show up and give the option of setting a password

    *** I actually went through these steps on one of my computers, so I know it works.

    OR CLICK HERE:
    http://sites.google.com/site/bluespr...r-account-in-7
    Last edited by merkat106; 01 Aug 2010 at 00:02. Reason: accidential omision of steps
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    Nope.


    Nope.
    that's part of my point. no checks or balances or verifications or matches or any of that stuff. Command line just drives it through. Done like dinner.

    theog said:


    You would need the A password first, to change to B.
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