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HowtoBreaktheAdminPasswordin
Windows7
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Ifyou'veforgottenyouradministratorpasswordforWindows7,youmaybe
thinkingthatyou'llhavetoreinstallthewholeoperatingsystem.Thankfully,you
canexploitasecurityloopholeinthesystemrepairtoolstochangeanyofyour
userpasswords,includingtheadministratoraccount.

Steps

InsertyourWindows7installationdisc.Youwillneedthisdiscinorderto
accesstheCommandPrompttomakethenecessarychanges.
Ifyoudon'thaveadisc,youcandownloadaWindows7ISOfilefromhere
andthenburnittoaDVD.Thisiscompletelylegal,andyouwon'tneedthe
ProductKeyforthisprocess.

Rebootyourcomputer.Inordertobreaktheadministratorpassword,you'll
needtomakeafewchangesthatallowyoutoaccesstheCommandPrompt

fromtheWindowsloginscreen.

PressthecorrectkeytoopenyourBIOSmenu.Thisistypically F2 , F10 ,
F11 ,or Del ,andneedstobepressedassoonasyourmanufacturer'slogo

appears.IftheWindowslogoshowsup,you'llneedtorebootandretry.

OpentheBOOTmenu.Thismenuallowsyoutochangetheorderofyour

MoveyourDVDdrivetothetopofthelist.Thiswillmakethecomputer

Saveyourchangesandrebootthecomputer.Yourcomputerwill

PressakeywhenpromptedtostarttheWindowsSetupprocess.Youwon't

driveswhenyourcomputerbootsup.

attempttobootfromtheDVDbeforebootingfromtheharddrive.

automaticallyrebootwhenyouselect"SaveandExit".

bereinstalling,soyoushouldn'thavetoworryaboutlosinganydata.
Afterafewmoments,you'llbepromptedtoselectyourinputmethodand
language.Mostuserscanjustclick Next .

Click"Repairyourcomputer".ThisoptionisavailableonthemainInstall
Windowsscreen.

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Selectthefirstoption,andthenselectyouroperatingsystemfrothelist.
Mostlikely,you'llonlyhaveoneoperatingsystemlisted.

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Select"CommandPrompt"fromthelistoftools.Thiswillopenanew

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Enterthefollowingcommands,inorder.Thesecommandswilloverwrite

windowwiththeCommandPrompt.

aprogramcalledutilman.exewiththeCommandPromptprogram.Thiswill

allowyoutoaccesstheCommandPromptfromtheWindowsLoginscreen.Enter
eachofthefollowingcommands,pressing Enter aftereachone:
C: \
cd wi n d ow s \ sy s t e m3 2
re n u t i lm a n .e x e ut i l m a n. e x e. b a k
co p y c m d. e x e u t i lm a n . e xe

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RemovetheDVDandrestartyourcomputer.LetWindowsbootnormally

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Press Win + U toopentheCommandPrompt.Ifitdoesn'tappear,

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Resettheadministratorpassword.OnceyouhavetheCommandPrompt

untilyoureachtheLoginscreen.

press Alt + Tab asitmaybehidingbehindtheLoginscreen.

open,youcanresetthepasswordofanyaccount.Enterthefollowing

commandandpress Enter ,andthencreateanewpasswordwhenprompted[1]

ne t u s e r a d mi n i s tr a t o r *
Note:Whenperformingthis,youwillpermanentlyloseaccesstoanyuser
encryptedfiles.
Youcanchangeanyuser'spasswordbyreplacing ad m i ni s tr a t o r with
thatuser'sname.

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Loginwithyournewpassword.Oncethepasswordhasbeenchanged,

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Revertyourchangestoutilman.exe.Nowthatyouhavebeenableto

youshouldbeabletologinimmediatelyusingtheLoginscreen.

regainaccesstoWindows,you'llwanttorevertthechangedtoutilman.exe

sothatWindowscanproperlyaccessitagain.Press Win + R andtype c m d to

launchtheCommandPrompt.Enterthefollowingcommandstorevertutilman.exe:[2]
C: \
cd wi n d ow s \ sy s t e m3 2
de l u t i lm a n .e x e
re n u t i lm a n .e x e . ba k u t il m a n. e x e

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SourcesandCitations
1.http://computernetworkingnotes.com/window7tipsandtricks/howtoreset
window7administratorpassword.html
2.https://www.technibble.com/bypasswindowslogonsutilman/

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