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Help with laptop - no admin password
A friend of ours gave our daughter a laptop a few years ago when she was too young to really use it. He wiped it and set up two user accounts - one for daughter and a custom admin. Daughter cannot download anything without admin permission. Well, he forgot the password to the admin account. So I have a non-admin user with basically no permissions and an admin user that is password protected but don't know the password. I have no Windows recovery or password recovery disks. Unless I am blind, the laptop doesn't even have a CD disk tray. Is there anything I can do to reset the admin password or wipe and restore?
Windows 7
Dell Laptop Info:
Ref # = 08282
Model # = PP40L
DELL-Jesse L
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September 26th, 2017 07:00
Nikkispencer,
You will need to purchase a Windows 7 usb disk or download Windows 7 iso and create a bootable usb to install Windows.
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September 26th, 2017 19:00
You can reset Windows 7 password using the free open-source software - Offline NT Password & Registry Editor:
pogostick.net/.../
How to use Offline NT Password & Registry Editor:
www.top-password.com/.../reset-windows-7-password-with-chntpw.html
www.techrepublic.com/.../
Note: Offline NT Password & Registry Editor can boot from a live USB drive.