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Then type a Key Name for the offline registry database (e.g.

Navigate to the disk where Windows are installed on (commonly on disk "C:") and open the SAM file found in "Windows\system32\config" directory.Ĩ. Highlight and open the SAM file at the following location on the OS disk: *Į.g. In Registry Editor: Highlight the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key.ħ. At command window, type "regedit" (without quotes) & press Enter.ĥ. At the Windows Setup screen press SHIFT + F10 to access command prompt, or choose Next –> Repair your computer –> Troubleshoot –> Advanced Options –> Command Prompt.Ĥ. If you don't own a Windows installation media, then from another working computer, navigate to Microsoft's Software Recovery Center, and create a Windows installation media (USB or DVD), according to the installed Windows Version and Edition (32 or 64 bit).ģ. * Note: If you 're using Windows 10 or 8/8.1 OS, or the "Repair Your Computer" option is missing (Windows 7 or Vista), then you have to boot the computer from a Windows Installation Media (USB or DVD). When the "Windows Advanced Options Menu" appears on your screen, use your keyboard arrows keys to highlight the Repair Your Computer option and press Enter. Power On your computer and press the F8 key as your computer is booting up, before the appearance of the Windows logo.Ģ. or Save the settings you picked at the end.Įnable the Local Administrator Account through REPAIR mode / Regedit and use it to correct your problem.ġ. The only trick is to pick the option to WRITE it back. Take out the USB stick and boot to windows with the username and *BLANK* password and then reset it.

It is so simple to just pick a *BLANK* password and reboot. Then it also will allow you to change its password or to OVERWRITE the password. Remember on Windows 10 the administrator account is disabled by default. One will be list the users, choose this to see the usernames on the laptop (it reads it form the registry).

Plug into your Laptop, boot the laptop and the USB stick will turn on and you will be presented with some questions. (Format the USB stick) copy the files to the USB. This is a program that makes a bootable Linux CD or US Stick.