Lost Admin password, can only sign in guest, no disk.


  1. Posts : 1
    windows 7 home premium 32 bit
       #1

    Lost Admin password, can only sign in guest, no disk.


    I lost my admin password and i can only sign in as guest, when in guest, i cannot even connect to the internet. won't let me do anything without admin password, tried recovery and asked for the password too. i didn't backup in a restore disk or whatever. please give me some ideas, thank you.
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  2. Posts : 6,075
    Windows 7 Professional 64 bit
       #2

    Welcome to the forums,

    I am pretty sure in this situation the only option you will have is to do a clean install.
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  3. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #3

    Welcome to the Forum Joseberrio.
    I'm not sure how one looses or forgets their password.
    We can't help much because of our rules but we do have a tutorial that might help you. Please read the warnings very carefully.

    Password Reset : Using System Restore in Windows 7
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  4. Posts : 6,285
    Windows 10 Pro X64
       #4

    Brink posted this tutorial: User Account - Reset Password in Windows 7
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  5. Posts : 1
    Windows 7 Home Premium
       #5

    That is very sad
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  6. Posts : 25,847
    Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
       #6

    What is very sad?
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