Windows 7 Locked Account

peterattheboro · 22 Feb 2009 at 10:42

How would one get into their locked account when that is the only account on the PC with no access to the Administrator account as that hasn't been enabled?

Ideally not wanting to reinstall Windows.

NiCkNaMe · 22 Feb 2009 at 10:53

I've got a program called Active Password Changer that I use for resetting user passwords if the machine is locked out. It creates a floppy/USB boot disk.

Works with Vista so i'm assuming it'll work with 7 if they're still using a similar SAM architecture?

deuse · 22 Feb 2009 at 11:02

If you mean the password at log on
well I had this because the comp thought it was on a domain
so I turned off the modem and it let me in then put a new password.

I dont know what caused the comp to think it was on a domain!

peterattheboro · 22 Feb 2009 at 12:08

YES!!!!

Just left it for a couple of hours. Gone back to it and it's let me in