Login Problem Win 7 Home Premium - Locked Out
Got a neighbors laptop this afternoon that has locked her out of Windows 7.
Someone tried creating and using a Windows password reset disk, and was unsuccessful. Only works if you -previously- created the disk.
Administrator account is -not- activated and there is no button or prompt to login as a different user. Differs from XP as you could Ctrl-Alt-Delete 2X and get a prompt. Not so here.
Have used a password brute force to recover and it reports nothing for this account.
Another utility to blank the password was run and I still can not login.
Both password utilities reported the account as "Melanie" but on the login screen it says "MelanieElizabeth".
The first utility says NT Password for the Administrator account is empty. I know the Administrator can be turned "on" from within from another User that has Admin privelages. Is there a way to "activate" the Administrator account without being "in" the system?
Or, is there a way to create a User Account from the outside?
BTW: Safe Mode does the same thing. No prompt to switch user there either.
Toast
EDIT: Another item worth mentioning. The first password tool lists the accounts and asks you to choose which User account to work with by entering it in hex (which it lists) or by the Name, in this case Melanie. Either way it is entered it says it is not a valid account.
Huh? You just listed it for me, but it's not valid?
Very odd.
Someone tried creating and using a Windows password reset disk, and was unsuccessful. Only works if you -previously- created the disk.
Administrator account is -not- activated and there is no button or prompt to login as a different user. Differs from XP as you could Ctrl-Alt-Delete 2X and get a prompt. Not so here.
Have used a password brute force to recover and it reports nothing for this account.
Another utility to blank the password was run and I still can not login.
Both password utilities reported the account as "Melanie" but on the login screen it says "MelanieElizabeth".
The first utility says NT Password for the Administrator account is empty. I know the Administrator can be turned "on" from within from another User that has Admin privelages. Is there a way to "activate" the Administrator account without being "in" the system?
Or, is there a way to create a User Account from the outside?
BTW: Safe Mode does the same thing. No prompt to switch user there either.
Toast
EDIT: Another item worth mentioning. The first password tool lists the accounts and asks you to choose which User account to work with by entering it in hex (which it lists) or by the Name, in this case Melanie. Either way it is entered it says it is not a valid account.
Huh? You just listed it for me, but it's not valid?Very odd.
Admin and user account now at login. I'm going to re-hide the admin as it should not be openly accessible.
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