Thread: laptop password problem

I have yet another laptop issue this time and hopefully it's a simple one but anyway just got it for cheap off a friend and when I turn it on it has two accounts for two different users the one says admin the other says a regular user im guessing it's the guest account or maybe another admin but they are both password protected and need a way to change the password and also I think they disabled the mouse function because I tried to move the mouse around and it don't move only the arrow keys move back and forth from each user account if you need specs or make and model or whatever let me know and thanks in advance

What OS is the laptop using? Also, if you got the laptop off a friend, can't you ask him what the account password is?

win7 and I just got into one of the accounts (not the one thats named ADMIN) and trying to figure out if I can change the passwords right now but the mouse still isnt working

Why not reformat and reinstall Windows?

Originally Posted by Flagg

Why not reformat and reinstall Windows?

How can I do that if I dont have the os disc as I bought it as is type of deal and as far as me asking for the password he dosen't know because he said he change it awhile ago but stop using it because he bought a new lappy and neglected this one and cant remember the pw and is part of the reason he sold it to me

try this maybe help:

Offline NT Password & Registry Editor

You can try this method. Change or Reset Windows Password from a Ubuntu Live CD - How-To Geek

Originally Posted by rinvite

You can try this method. Change or Reset Windows Password from a Ubuntu Live CD - How-To Geek

Wow, that's pretty awesome, rinvite
Thanks for pointing that out.

Originally Posted by mark77

try this maybe help:

Offline NT Password & Registry Editor

i can second mark77's link. i have used this bootdisk a bunch of times to reset passwords on older machines. i've only used it for xp though, but it says it supports windows 7.

EDIT: quoted wrong post lmao, sorry