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

[Michael]

thanks. she resolved her problem. it was oprator error. it had to do with
caps lock.

On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 10:51 PM, Anthony Radzykewycz <
anthony.radzykewycz at gatewaycc.edu> wrote:

> There is a password reset tool in Hiren's Boot CD. It is Linux-based.
> Here's the link to the guide for it:
> http://www.hirensbootcd.org/resetting-windows-password/. Here is the
> download link: http://www.hirensbootcd.org/files/Hirens.BootCD.15.2.zip.
>
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 8:32 AM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> yeap. you are setting up a backdoor and then rebooting so you can call
>> the backdoor.
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 8:30 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> ohhh.... it is supposed to shut it off!
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd really like to use Linux to do this....
>>>>
>>>> i looked through the steps and step two leaves me wondering:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Step 2 Start That PC:
>>>> Turn on the UPS and the CPU, tap F8 continuously on the boot screen to
>>>> get some windows start-up options .
>>>> Choose "Start windows normally" option and turn the UPS off immediately.
>>>> Then turn on the PC again, let it load.
>>>> After that you will be prompted with two options in the boot screen
>>>> (again), select the first option - "Launch Start-up Repair(recommended)"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well if you turn off the UPS won't that shut the computer off?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Stephen Partington <
>>>> cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 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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