Solved How can I change my password without knowing it?

[Weboh]

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?

 

[Brink]

Hello Weboh,

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

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/238737-user-account-reset-password-windows-7-a.html

 

[Weboh]

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!

 

[Brink]

Glad you got it sorted.