· Insert either your Windows 7 installation DVD
· After your computer boots from the disc or
flash drive, click Next on the screen with your language and keyboard
choices.
· Click on the Repair your computer
link.
· Wait while your Windows 7 installation is located
on your computer.
· Once your installation is found, take note of
the drive letter found in the Location column. Most Windows 7 installations will
show D:
but yours may be different.
· Select Windows 7 from the Operating System list and then click the
Next button.
· From System Recovery Options, choose Command Prompt.
· With Command Prompt now open, execute the following two commands, in this order:
copy d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe
d:\
copy d:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe
To
the Overwrite question after executing the second command, answer with Yes.
· Remove the disc or flash drive and
then restart your computer.
You can close the Command Prompt window and click Restart but it's also okay in this situation to restart using your computer's restart button.
You can close the Command Prompt window and click Restart but it's also okay in this situation to restart using your computer's restart button.
·
Once the Windows 7 logon screen appears,
locate the little icon on the bottom-left of the screen that looks like a pie
with a square around it and then click
it!
Now that Command
Prompt is open, execute the net user command as shown, replacing myusername with whatever your user
name is and mypassword with
whatever new password you'd like to use:
net user myusername mypassword
So, for example,
I would do something like this:
net user methun
methunsiddiquey1$
· Close the Command Prompt
window.
· Login with your
new password!