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Lost windows password

13 years ago

My grandaughter changed the administrator password before she left for Florida in june.Now says she cant remember it.
Im using it as a guest.
I have a ton of pictures on it and dont want to lose them by restoring it.
Any way to get/change that password?Its Windows 7.
Im just sick about this.

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golfergrrl
13 years ago
Try this:
1.Open Control Panel > User Accounts and select the option that allows you to change other accounts.

2.Select the Administrator account.

3.Turn off password required. Changing this option will not require a password.
cynic
13 years ago
Are you a guest with administrator privileges? I presume there wasn't a password recovery disk made? Also no backup either, right?

Here's one option.
Here's another.

Here is a link that might be useful: A variety of other links, depending on the situation
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ravencajun Zone 8b TX
13 years ago
there's methods to do it use google that is not something that I post on any forums for safety sake.
That is something that should never happen that is one password you want to be sure you write down and save.
To be safe every one should follow the very easy directions to make the password recovery disk.

Here is a link that might be useful: recovery disk
lindabrightman
13 years ago
Lost Windows 7 password is not new. Many people suffer from this problem. Very easy solution to such problem is use of the password recovery tools for Windows.
Here is an article about how to unlock Windows 7 password

Here is a link that might be useful: Windows password recovery

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