how do you workaround forgotten password in windows 7

[stecam78]

hi,
My sons laptop is a entertainment laptop with out a cd drive. He has forgotten his password and there is no administrator account. How can i get the password reset or workaround it? Any help would be appreciated greatly.

 

[theog]

Take look at this:

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/56864-user-account-password-change-winre.html

http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/

 

[stecam78]

problem is i cannot get in to winRe because i don't remember the password, and the other selection in local user is usergroup$ which i cannot find the password for that. And the laptop doesn't have a cd drive. anything that can be done from the usb port?

 

[computersplus]

you need hirens boot cd on a flash drive boot from that and clear the password

 

[pcgeek]

If you burn the ISO from this site Offline NT Password & Registry Editor to USB stick and boot from USB it should work. Just follow the instructions closely. It looks scary and all but I had to use that Program a few weeks ago on my son's computer and it worked.

 

[stecam78]

Downloading now, i will giv eit a shot. Thank you very much