Recover WIndows 7 pasword without old password.
Solution 1: Use a VB Scrip t.
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- Download a WinPE live CD and create a WinPE boot disk.
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- Set your computer to boot from the disk.
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- VB script:
- Set objUser = GetObject("WinNT://" & "." & "/Administrator, user") objUser.SetPassword "HackPWD123" objUser.SetInfo
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- Edit windows 7 registry offline to launch the Script while your Windows 7 starting.
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy \State\Machine\Scripts\Startup] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Group Policy \State\Machine\Scripts\Startup\0\0] "Script"="C:\windows\system32\script.vbs" // script file path "Parameters"="" "ExecTime"=hex(b): db,07,0c,00,03,00,0e,00,00,00,21,00,13,00,1f,00 "LastPolicyTime"=dword:00fd86f8
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- Reboot your computer then the Script will run and reset the administrator password.
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- Now you can login your computer and delete the Script, then remove Script boot key from registry.
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- After restarting, you can login Windows 7 with new password.
Solution 2: Using a recovery tool run from USB
In this solution, you need to create a boot disk by burning a program to a USB flash drive on another available computer. Then boot your locked computer from USB, reset Windows password offline.
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