How can I change my password without knowing it?


  1. Weboh
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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    How can I change my password without knowing it?


    Yes, I know this question sounds like one a thief would ask. I'm not a thief. I've depended on biometrics on my computer to log on for so long, I've forgotten what my password is. My fingerprint scanner inexplicably stopped working, so now I can't log on. The account is the administrator account, so I can't change its password from another user. Is there a way that I create a password reset disk or something, maybe from another user?
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  3. Brink
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    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Hello Weboh,

    Option 4 or 5 below may be able to help with this. :)

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  4. Weboh
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    Thanks for the quick reply. It turns out that it wasn't Windows blocking me from being able to change the password from another user; it was a web filtering suite we had installed. I'll have to remember those options for the future. Thanks! :)
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  6. Brink
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    Glad you got it sorted. :)
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