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Title: Lost Administrator Password in Windows 7 Home Premium
Post by: geek hoodlum on July 14, 2011, 05:49:11 AM
Good evening guys, my cousin badly need help. Upon changing password last night, she lost it and can't remember. She cannot login to Windows right now.

We are trying to use System Restore... So we boot into the Advanced Boot Options screen and then choose Repair your computer, then after asking what country and language, it asks for the password. :(

Title: Re: Lost Administrator Password in Windows 7 Home Premium
Post by: Allan on July 14, 2011, 06:00:54 AM
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/What-to-do-if-you-forget-your-Windows-password
Title: Re: Lost Administrator Password in Windows 7 Home Premium
Post by: geek hoodlum on July 14, 2011, 06:11:27 AM
Hi Allan,

The "To use your password reset disk to reset your password" didn't help us because we do not have a password reset disk. We tried my USB flash drive but didn't work.

What's our next step?
Title: Re: Lost Administrator Password in Windows 7 Home Premium
Post by: reddevilggg on July 14, 2011, 06:15:23 AM

Nevermind, i miss read the above post.
Title: Re: Lost Administrator Password in Windows 7 Home Premium
Post by: 2x3i5x on July 14, 2011, 01:49:30 PM
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/102005-reset-user-account-password.html

People say method 3 from above site works well. However, I've not tried it, as I had a password reset disk already. But some ways to get you going if it works for you.
Title: Re: Lost Administrator Password in Windows 7 Home Premium
Post by: geek hoodlum on July 14, 2011, 06:55:43 PM
Hello everyone, thank you for all your posts. Just to inform you that my cousin already remembered her new password and its now working. I will bookmark all your links for future references. Again, thank you very much!
Title: Re: Lost Administrator Password in Windows 7 Home Premium
Post by: patio on July 14, 2011, 08:29:43 PM
Keep her on a regimen of regular backups...and teach her what you know...
She'll do fine.