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I am having an issue. I have a machine that has 2 users, the admin user and another user which seems to have basically no permissions to do anything. I do not know the admin password and every time I try to do anything form the other user account it prompts me for that admin user password. I have tried a number of methods to reset the password from changing UAC, various 3rd party windows password reset tools, and several other suggestions I found but when I try to do anything including creating a bootable image I get prompted for the admin password. There are files that are very important in the admin users documents that I need but I can't seem to find a way to get them. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

This post is not a duplicate, the methods suggested in the "duplicate" post here "What can I do if I forgot my Windows password?" do not solve my issue. When I try to run those executable I am prompted for the admin user's credentials.

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mgrenier
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  • http://superuser.com/questions/871978/how-to-answer-batch-file/872010#872010 or http://superuser.com/questions/552189/password-reset-programs-only-find-passwords-from-one-os-on-a-dual-boot-system/552201#552201 – STTR Apr 17 '15 at 02:30
  • If your being asked for a password if your booting to a bootable disk that isn't a windows password being requested the other prompts obviously are. This PC on a domain by chance? – Ramhound Apr 17 '15 at 02:35
  • @Ramhound Whence then know the password one of a user ?)) – STTR Apr 17 '15 at 02:41
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    @STTR - What??? – Ramhound Apr 17 '15 at 02:43
  • If you can't even write to a CD from your computer, you may need to do that from another machine.  (Do you have any friends who have computers?) – Scott - Слава Україні Apr 17 '15 at 05:58
  • @Scott I tried the methods suggested no luck, when I attempt to run those executables I get prompted for a password. – mgrenier Apr 17 '15 at 12:20
  • @Scott the machine is a friends machine and I have 2 machines of my own that both run Windows 8.1 the problem there being I don't think I can create a bootable Windows 7 cd or iso from a Windows 8.1 machine can I?? – mgrenier Apr 17 '15 at 12:21
  • @Scott's comment (the URL to the answer!) will fix your problem. – Kinnectus Apr 17 '15 at 12:27

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Did you take a look at Offline NT Password Changer included in the Hiren Boot package. I haven't checked it though.

Official Documentation reads:

  1. This is a utility to reset the password of any user that has a valid local account on your Windows system.

  2. Supports all Windows from NT3.5 to Win8.1, also 64 bit and also the Server versions (like 2003, 2008, 2012)

  3. You do not need to know the old password to set a new one.
  4. Will detect and offer to unlock locked or disabled out user accounts!
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open command line type

net user

to find out the two users

then type for example username of the administrator

net user jone *

Type a password for the user: will prompt twice.

it should reset the password for the Admin account

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    He doesn't have access to an `Administrator` user. So these commands will prompt him for the password he is trying to change. – Ramhound Apr 17 '15 at 11:07
  • @Ramhound is correct, when I even attempt to run a command prompt as administrator I get prompted for the admin credentials. – mgrenier Apr 17 '15 at 12:19