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A friend of mine forgot their login password on their home pc. (running Win7 Home premium)

I tried booting from the Windows CD already, into the CMD prompt, then entering net user administrator/active:yes. For some reason It doesn’t want to take it. I haven’t had to “hack” a home pc in years, so I’m out of ideas…does anyone on here know how to bypass the Win7 password screen, in Home premium?

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Use the sticky keys technique to change the password:

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or if you want written instruction:

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Hirens boot should work

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Takes forever though…

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Option1: If there is another Administrator Account you could reset or remove the other’s password that way.

Option2: Hiren’s CD > KonBoot

Option2.1: Hiren’s CD > Mini Windows XP

Here’s a quick video tutorial for Option2.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsmORrkUHXw

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Hirens boot cd or you can perform through linux(ubuntu)

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Doughnut Destroyer - exactly what I would have suggested.

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you can try NToffline, it is quite easy to reset or change.

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Hello

The easiest way: OphCrack

Just burn this on a DVD, boot from DVD and bang you can see the password

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Thanks for your fast replies. I’ll go over there in the next few days to try some of these out.

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What?

Clearly you’re using the wrong tool. Don’t bother trying to recover the password. Use the Offline NT Password Editor (which, last I knew, was included in Hiren’s Boot CD) to blank the password. In and out in the time it takes to reboot twice.

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Ophcrack was always hit or miss for me. It seemed to work great for Vista machines and then every now and again on Windows 7. Think I tried it once on Windows 8 and it was a no go. I’ve always just gone in with Hiren’s and Mini XP to change or remove a password.

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This does the job nicely.

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L0phtcrack 20 seconds

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I’ve used the method recommended by Donut Destroyer more than once.

Advantages:

  • No downloading anything
  • No burning any disks/creating bootable flash drives
  • No concerns regarding the safety/security of third party downloads

Disadvantages:

  • None that I can think of unless possibly it’s slightly less cool than downloading/using a new tool. (I don’t mean that cynically, because I’ve done that too with Trinity Rescue CD and it was kind of rewarding).
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Hiren’s is definitely your best friend here, make a bootable USB or CD of it. You can also do a malware scan from it so it can scan system files that normally never get scanned because it’s booted to the OS.

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Another vote for Ophcrack. Its simple to use and quick.

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As the above post have mentioned -

Hiren’s Boot Cd Works Amazing i have had the same issue and that was able to clear out the password with ease

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http://www.l0phtcrack.com/