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Installation disk problem resetting admin password
My friend is unable to access his Win7, 64 bit, operating system as administrator, as the person who set it up did not tell him the password and that person is no longer available to ask. So my friend has asked me for help. I need to access Admin to correct a profile problem that prevents access to his system.
I have searched the net & have come up with a suggested solution at the below link;
If you forget your Windows admin password, try this | PCWorld
I am using a Win 7, 64 bit installation disk, in repair mode, to attempt the reset of the password. The 1st window (system recovery options) tells me that the local disk is “D” so I use that at the command prompt (2nd window). I attempt the command lines shown in the 3rd window as follows;
X:\ Sources>d:
D:\>cd windows\system32
D:\Windows\System32>ren utilman.exe utilhold.exe
I get the message “The system cannot find the file specified”
Do you have any ideas why this is so?
There also appears to be a Ubuntu fix for this Win 7 problem (at the below link), although I stumbled when it asked me for the gdebi installer for the chntpw file, so I haven't pursued that approach further.
Change or Reset Windows Password from a Ubuntu Live CD
Thank you for your help.