I got a friend down here with Windows 7 Home Premium.

[Stephen Partington]

I have used this before. It works well. because once you have the command
prompt (in this case it is automatically elevated) you can use commands to
reset passwords etc.

http://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/how-to/hack-windows-7-become-admin-0160151/

This is the same workaround, but it includes password resets.
http://www.howtogeek.com/96630/how-to-reset-your-forgotten-windows-password-the-easy-way/

On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 6:48 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Something happened where it no longer recognizes it's password. Is there a
> way to change her password to get in. ALTERNATIVELY: if I can't change the
> password and get in how can i recover her data?
>
> Can I possibly use the linux method of recovering a password? (I can't
> find the directions on how to do it  but) I think you do it by booting a
> live disk and entering single user mode (how do you do that). It will start
> in tty and you type in passwd and the password that you want. (please tell
> me if that is correct as I want that for my 'computer instructions' folder.
>
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