Password Problems

[Johnny Blockhead]

So last Christmas I got a newer and faster laptop. My other computer kind of lay forgotten in my bedroom... until now. My Mom got the idea to give it to my Grandma, who has a really old desktop. This was fine, until I realized something. Last year my mom had the idea to make two accounts-- My own and Hers. Her account had administrator privileges, while mine couldn't even install a program without admin access (my Mom did away with this when I got my new computer). So, here I am, at my Aunt's house (Mom is at home), with no idea what the password is. I want to delete all my own information from the computer and allow her to access it without restrictions. I call my mom and she tries some passwords, none worked. I was wondering what we could do about it; It is a windows 7 toshiba.

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if you don't have the boot disk you can still do it but it's a little tricky

[ßlöükfáce]

Ask a bunch of forumers to blindly guess the password

[Ipquarx]

Not sure if this works or not, but:
1. Boot in safe mode
2. Open up admin account (which shouldn't be passworded iirc)
3. Edit the user accounts to have no passwords
4. Restart

[Nal]

Konboot

[Johnny Blockhead]

Not sure if this works or not, but:
1. Boot in safe mode
2. Open up admin account (which shouldn't be passworded iirc)
3. Edit the user accounts to have no passwords
4. Restart

?
No, I have access to my user account, but I don't have the admin account password

[BluetoothBoy]

I think he means it won't be passworded in Safe Mode.

[Nikolan]

use a konboot disc to boot up the system, it'll start you up with admin access and then you can remove the password for next time you reboot

[Johnny Blockhead]

Thanks for the helpful suggestions, but my Mom just remembered.
I will keep this topic open so people can post some helpful information for future readers.

[matthewbim11]

I find it baffling how people forget passwords. If I used CCleaner on the family computer, everyone would be out of facebook forever.

[BluetoothBoy]

I find it baffling how people forget passwords. If I used CCleaner on the family computer, everyone would be out of facebook forever.

Ever heard of password recovery? Unless they forget security questions/email passwords too.