

But after trashing out this unfortunate case, no need to be perturbed. You have a substantive reason to turn into those awkward solutions. It may be F10, F11, Alt + F10, etc depending on the Manufacturer.Īsk them or us for the correct Key sequence.Ĭheers.Are you being faced with this conundrum forgotten administrator password situation? Or you just bought and shipped this Windows 7 computer and coming in a surprised it is password secured? Now you are in a dilemma which remedy to take either to re-install the Windows or dropping it in the dustbin. The Recovery process can be started by pressing a particular Key or Keys combination at Boot. You can contact your Computer Manufacturer and ask them to send you a set of Recovery Disks.Īnd if you never received a Recovery Disk when you purchased your Computer there should be a Recovery Partition on the Hard Drive to reinstall Windows back to how you bought your Computer. Here is the Microsoft Information outlining that Policy: You use such third-party products and services at your own forbids any assistance being given in these Forums to help you bypass or "crack" lost or forgotten Passwords. If you want help to break or to resetĪ password, you can locate and contact a third-party company for this help. For legal reasons, we cannot recommend or endorse any one of these companies. Some third-party companies claim to be able to circumvent passwords that have been applied to files and features that Microsoft programs use. If there are no other user accounts on the computer, you won't be able to log on to

"If you forget the administrator password and don't have a password reset disk or another administrator account, you won't be able to reset the password. "What to do if you forget your Windows password" This is all the information that we are allowed to issue in these Forums. Shawn "Cmdr" Keene | Microsoft MVP - Windows Insider | | tweet: Microsoft MVPs are independent experts offering real-world answers. How you access this varies from maker to maker, but usually involves rebooting while pressing a special key If your computer came with Windows 7, then your computer manufacturer may have shipped it with a built-in recovery mode. If you were already using the built-in administrator account, and you have no other accounts (bad idea!), then you have to erase the computer and re-install Windows. Use it to reset the password of your own account, then reboot again to resume normal operation. Should automatically become available for use (it has no password by default).

Once inside Safe Mode, the built-in administrator account Just boot into safe mode by rebooting while pressing F8. If you were using your own administrator account (as you are supposed to), then the built-in one should still be available for you to use.
