Note : Windows 7 OS Disk or
Can use a Windows Boot CD
Stage 1
Step 1: Boot off the Windows
disk and select the “Repair your computer” option from the lower left-hand
corner.
Step 2: Follow through until
you get to the option to open the Command Prompt, which you’ll want to select.
Step 3: First you’ll want to
type in the following command to backup the original sticky keys file:
copy
c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\
Step 4: Then you’ll copy the
command prompt executable (cmd.exe) over top of the sticky keys executable:
copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe
Step 5: Now you can reboot the
PC.
Stage 2
Step 6: Once you get to the
login screen, hit the Shift key 5 times, and you’ll see an administrator mode
command prompt.
Step 7: Now to reset the
password—just type the following command, replacing the username and password
with the combination you want:
net user geek MyNewPassword
That’s all there is to it. Now
you can login.
Of course, you’ll probably
want to put the original sethc.exe file back, which you can do by rebooting
into the installation CD, opening the command prompt, and copying the
c:\sethc.exe file back to c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe.
