win 7 laptop password

pappa_golf

neighbour asking me to assist , old laptop , but has his favourite prog on it (bridge lessons?)

no installation disk , not sure if 32 bit or 64 bit , just sits at screen awaiting windows password

no cd writer here , but access to pendrives

looked at a million "suggested" ways in google/youtube

any thoughts please

Hoogle

make a bootable usb with Hirens boot disc on, there is a password program there that will let you remove any of the user passwords. wont get into any details here but a simple youtube search of how to remove windows passwords using hirens boot cd

pappa_golf

ok thanks for that suggestion , quite a few yrs since I used that disk , lets hope this thing boots from USB

John_Gray

Offline NT Password & Registry Editor; download and burn to a CD or USB Flash drive; boot from it.

Takes a bit of courage!

And, in my case, faster typing!

pappa_golf

trying to get round the burning of the disk to usb ,

ok , found one https://sourceforge.net/projects/hirenscd2bootableusb/?source=typ_redirect

cranford

As an aside if your friend is in to bridge if they have a chance the "bridge v+" available on android is brilliant. I play it on a 5in phone and also on a 10in tablet, free for the ads version but only a few pounds for ads free version.

pappa_golf

havnt a clue , hes about 80 , msnages with computers and remembered the prog on his wifes old ex works laptop , he has been asking me to go to pc sharks with him but I declined , this thing seems to hold power for an hour , and will cost him £300-£800 less than sharks Rus

AlwaysHere

As suggested; Chntpw (also known as Offline NT Password & Registry Editor) is what you need. No need to waste bandwidth on Hiren's...

pappa_golf

I have downloaded the hirans boot disk onto a usb , myb only method of testing is via my modern win 10 settup (nuc 513) the disk gets iinto a fit and objects to newer stuff

GunJack

pappa_golf wrote: »

I have downloaded the hirans boot disk onto a usb , myb only method of testing is via my modern win 10 settup (nuc 513) the disk gets iinto a fit and objects to newer stuff

A W10 machine, yes, it will give problems, but works fine on W7...it's one of those things that's invaluable in my IT toolkit

pappa_golf

ok , awaiting rain to stop and delivery of the thing , he has got the game instll discs , and its a dell , and I have just found a dell install disk (win 7) , but hopefully it will be quicker to reset p/word