[Linux3]

Basically if you have physical access to a computer cracking is cake.
And to be fair, I include Unix and Linux.
That's why SGI computers, in the 1990, at Lockheed, had hard drives on sleds. At night you pulled the drive and locked it in a safe.

Anyway follow the link.
http://mymcp.blogspot.com/2008/07/howto-reset-local-windows-passwords.html

http://windows-server-training.com/windows-7-password-reset-recovery/

 

[Detectorist]

Yes, there is a way to get in. It might seem corny, but I won't post it on an open forum.

Just so you know, I've seen the Unix solution screw up a system so bad the Operating System had to be reinstalled.

 

[jellis11]

On desktops, back in the day, people would set passwords on school computers... There is a jumper that you could pull and it would reset all passwords.

I have been rocking a mac for years... but maybe that jumper is something that has hung around?

 

[CitizenOfDreams]

On desktops, back in the day, people would set passwords on school computers... There is a jumper that you could pull and it would reset all passwords.

I have been rocking a mac for years... but maybe that jumper is something that has hung around?

The jumper is still there, but it resets the BIOS password, not the OS password. Different animal.

 

[sappy13]

I use a program called "active boot disk" or "spotmau" to wipe passwords. U won't get the password back since it does not recover, but if u have physical access to the pc u can wipe that pass as soon as the disk boots


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[Sgt. Schultz]

I've used this one many times ....

http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/



... and I've never had it cause any problems at all.

 

[gemeinschaft]

I use Ophcrack.

It works really well, just make sure that you get the version for Win7.

In the future, I would recommend creating an administrator account for yourself, that way you can log in and fix her profile when she forgets.

 

[gdvan01]

I've used this one many times ....

http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/



... and I've never had it cause any problems at all.

This...never tried it on Winbloze 7 though.

 

[RWBlue]

I use Ophcrack.

It works really well, just make sure that you get the version for Win7.

In the future, I would recommend creating an administrator account for yourself, that way you can log in and fix her profile when she forgets.

A coworker uses Ophcrack on the lost and found computers. It works "most" of the time.

And I agree, create yourself an Admin account with a complex non-expiring password and non-lockout.