Time server MCSE with a BSc degree in engineering. Returning to work after a career break and studying like mad to update my certifications.
Monday 5 August 2013
Reset Windows 7 or Windows 8 Password
As always some of the best tips are found when you are looking for something else entirely. Here are a couple of nice tips for resetting local account password on Windows 7 & 8 - so simple and so insecure.
Booting the machine to a USB drive, DVD or slave the hard drive of another machine - rename some files and your in.
Reset a Windows 8 Password without using any third party software
Reset a Windows 7 Password without using any third party software
An alternative I have seen is to replace the sticky keys file with the cmd.exe. Sticky keys is activated at the logon screen if you press shift five times – but instead you bring up a command prompt.