Windows 7 asking for Password, but one was never set up Help

[jruhl]

If this is has been posted before I'm sorry, I have spent 2 hrs searching threads with success. Here goes I have a Windows 7 Home premium I lost power the other night and when the power came on the computer rebooted and asked for a password for user. None was ever set up. An admin password was never set either. Can't log in, can't do anything. Do not have a reset disk. Any help would be appreciated Thanks

 

[Brds7t7]

Hello Jruhl,

A power cut wouldn't cause this. What were you doing before the power went off? Did you notice anything strange happening with the PC before it went off?

 

[Brds7t7]

Try booting into recovery options and see if you can do a System Restore to before the problem occured.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/668-system-recovery-options.html

 

[gregrocker]

Try System Restoring before the problem occurred, using the booted Win7 installation DVD System Recovery Options which aren't passworded.

 

[jruhl]

Burdu77, This pc is for my Fire company It runs paging software to send calls out as a text or email. It has been running it for a long time with no issues. The hard drive was replaced last month due to it failing but still password being set up. I don't have the windows 7 home premium cd but I have my own windows 7 ultimate will that work?

 

[Brds7t7]

You would need to download and burn an official home premium disc. This has Service Pack 1 already on the dvd.

Official Windows 7 SP1 ISO from Digital River « My Digital Life

 

[jruhl]

Thanks I'll give it try, It will a couple of days due to work schedule

 

[Brds7t7]

Ok, report back and let us know how it goes. If it doesn't fix the issue then this forum can provide other solutions.