Comments on: Lost Administrator Password in Windows 7 or Vista?

By: valencia

valencia — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:16:19 +0000

I cant remember my administrative password to windows 7. Where do I look for it! I have a new user I want to have administrative rights to my computer.

By: Harald

Harald — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 21:41:59 +0000

Ok, here my deal, i entered a password on my computer, i only have 1 user, the Administrator that came default on my computer, i dont have any restore points or made any backup cds, all i have is the original CD that i got from ending my year in IKT year in highschool and thats it… so, do i have to install a new win7 so i can… well use it again?

heard my friend can use a linux from a CD on it so he can delete a file that “stores” the password so we can retrieve the password… but i think this will take some time as i need my own PC in a hurry now as something is about to happend

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:07:47 +0000

1. Put in your Windows Vista/7 CD/DVD, 2. Boot installation setup menu, 3. at the very first screen DO NOT PUSH NEXT, Press Shift + F10 at the same time to get a command prompt. 4. Type “net user” into your command prompt, this should have given you a list of accounts on the system. 5. Type “net user Administrator *”. If typed correctly it should ask you for a new password and again to confirm the password.

By: Charity

Charity — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:48:10 +0000

In response to ‘I don’t know’ ~ The F8 won’t work as you know. I also tried that. If you have your Windows 7 disk, these instructions work best; they worked for me anyhow. See my above comment too. Best of luck!

By: Charity

Charity — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:44:39 +0000

Thank you so much!!! This worked!

FYI ~ I have Windows 7 and for me to get to the ‘press any key to boot from CD”, I had to press F12 and select CD/DVD, then I was able to continue with the instructions here.

Thanks again for these instructions!

By: mary hall

mary hall — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:24:07 +0000

Thank you, Halle Said:

Halle said on : March 23rd, 2010 at 7:47 pm

Your information worked perfectly. I had forgotten my Administrator Password and could not get into my system, even with system restore disc. Using your information made it very easy. I am an advanced user, but I highly recommend this fix for beginners, also!!!

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:18:21 +0000

I suggest a good windows password recovery tool – Windows Password Reset Kit.

By: yasantha

yasantha — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:35:55 +0000

Hey, guys.

Does anybody know whether we can create a password recovery disk from another PC running Windows 7?

Thanks heaps.

By: i dont know

i dont know — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:36:37 +0000

Well I put F8 and repair your computer and i got the key or input message but it didnt look like thtat, but i put next and it said enter your password

By: Estelle

Estelle — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:39:13 +0000

Hi.

I forgot my set up administration password. There is a method where you continuously press one of the F keys. I have tried this before and it worked without me losing anything.

Please help.

By: George

George — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:26:16 +0000

I have been locked out of my computer for a while, and have tried everything i could do but failed. Can someone help me!

By: EFREN

EFREN — Mon, 24 May 2010 21:41:14 +0000

I tried but was unsuccessful, the notebook asked for password, thanks anyway.

By: matt

matt — Tue, 11 May 2010 00:32:22 +0000

I forgot my password when it was in the repair shop, and its the only account on my computer, any ideas? PS I don’t have any restore discs.

By: barry

barry — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:01:30 +0000

I’m glad the password resets don’t work. If your machine gets stolen, the thief will have a hard time getting it to work.

By: sharon

sharon — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 09:20:41 +0000

Anand said on : January 30th, 2010 at 5:56 am

I try this but it’s not working for my laptop i don’t know why ! I have a laptop with windows 7 and i try this but when i get to the point that i should choose the operating system i want to repair. Then i click Next there’s no system recovery options. there is a box telling me that i must choose the user and the password.. how come? the whole idea is that i lost my password! how come it asking me again about the password that i forgot!