Locked out of my only administrator account.


  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 professional 64bit
       #1

    Locked out of my only administrator account.


    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. This is the only computer I have access to. Is there any way I could reset the password and/or account? I have nothing necessarily important that I can't just reinstall.
    I am currently using Windows 7

    Thanks for any help,

    Creeper
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  2. Posts : 5,656
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #2

    Try option 4 or 5 in User Account - Reset Password in Windows 7

    Edit: corrected link being pasted twice
    Last edited by GokAy; 27 Jun 2015 at 02:30.
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  3. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #3

    Your link got pasted in twice:

    User Account - Reset Password in Windows 7



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  4. Posts : 5,656
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #4

    Thanks for the warning :) I am on phone at the moment, wasn't aware of it. Corrected!
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  5. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 professional 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    GokAy said:
    Try option 4 or 5 in User Account - Reset Password in Windows 7

    Edit: corrected link being pasted twice
    Thanks for the help, but I could not complete either of the 2 options due to not having any access to another computer.
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  6. Posts : 5,656
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #6

    No neighbors or friends around?
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  7. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 professional 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    GokAy said:
    No neighbors or friends around?

    The sad truth is no, lol. Everyone I know has updated to windows 8 by now. And somehow got rid of their discs. Either through EBay or other means. That was actually my first thought though.
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  8. Posts : 5,656
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
       #8

    You don't need Win 7 for option 5.
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  9. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 professional 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    GokAy said:
    You don't need Win 7 for option 5.

    Oh, yeah. I feel dumb now. That should solve my problem, thanks!
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