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Can you to log on to the computer without a password.?

my families windows 7 computer has a password on it, can I get in without it.

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago
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    This question has been asked (and answered) hundreds of times. Here are best answer I pulled up for you...the answers on these questions should be helpful to you: www.windows7password.net

  • 7 years ago

    There are several possibilities. You can have the family create a new user account for you without a password. But if you don't have that option, then the easiest solution is to use Pogostick (even easier than Ophcrack in this instance).

    Go here: http://px1.us/?3N9 Scroll down near the bottom and download the USB drive image. Copy the contents of the ZIP file to a USB flash drive. Open a command prompt and type

    X:syslinux.exe -ma X:

    where X is the drive letter of the USB flash drive, to make the drive bootable. Restart your computer. As its restarting hit the F12 key to change your boot device and boot from the USB flash drive.

    Follow the directions here: http://px1.us/?3NA

    Clear and enable the Administrator account. Write the changes back to the registry (select "y" at the prompt) then reboot back to Windows and log in as the Administrator without a password.

    Done.

    The whole process shouldn't take more than 10 minutes, including creating the USB Flash drive.

    Source(s): 30+ years in IT, currently IT Manager for healthcare company
  • 7 years ago

    Yes there is software you can put on a usb and boot from that will take off the password for you, what is the software call haha I don't remember sorry but it is out there.

  • 7 years ago

    Yes you can but it isnt the easiest process:

    1 .Start your PC with the bootable Installation DVD of Windows. If you have not already done so, make sure to adjust your boot priorities in the BIOS, so that your CD/DVD/Blu-Ray drive has priority over your hard drive.

    2. In the first menu, select your installation language and click on “Next”. In the following window, click on “Repair your computer”.

    3. The set-up assistant will now search for Windows installations and list them up. Choose the one that applies to you and proceed to the next window. Continue by clicking on “Command Prompt” continue to the more in-depth part.

    4. Enter “regedit” into the prompt and hit enter. This will open the Registry Editor, which isn't yet connected to the registry of your installed version of Windows. To remedy that, select “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” on the left, and navigate over “File” > “Load Hive”. Enter the line “%windir%\system32\config\sam“ into the field “File path“ and click on “Open” to load the user and password information manager of Windows (alternatively, you can also manually browser to your Windows folder and select the SAM file). The Registry Editor will then demand a name for the new hive, which can be anything you like. Just make sure to remember it for the following step.

    5. Head to “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > [Your new hive] > SAM > Domains > Account > Users > 000001F4”. Turn your attention to the right panel, where you will find an entry simply called “F”. This is where we will activate the administrator account for Windows. Double-click it to summon an hexadecimal editor with a bunch of neatly arranged numbers.

    6. Look for the line that starts with “0038” on the left side. Directly next to it (to the right), you will find the value “11”. Double-click it and overwrite it with “10” to activate the administrator account. Be advised that it's important not to change anything else, as Windows might be rendered inoperable otherwise. Don't worry - if something does go awry, just click on “Cancel” and try again. Otherwise, click on “OK”.

    7. Close the registry editor and the command prompt and reboot your PC without the Installation DVD. If everything has worked, you will now find a new administrator account to log in to in the welcoming screen.

    From here on out, unlocking your own user account is a breeze. Log in to the admistrator account, summon your command prompt up again by clicking on the Windows-Symbol in the bottom right corner of the screen and search for “cmd”. Right-click the tool in the search results and select “Run as Administrator”. Enter the command

    net user [your account name] [your new password]

    to reconfigure your account's password. In practice, this might look like this "net user daver secret123". Just make sure to remember your new password and log out to finish the process.

    Good Luck

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  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    If you replace the cmd.exe file with the Sticky Keys file, you can click "Shift" five times fast, and then you write: C:\Windows\explorer.exe, then you can access everything on the computer :)

  • 7 years ago

    Yes, to take off the password permanently, you can use ophcrack.

  • 7 years ago

    no

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