If you don’t see this and you wind up back at the login screen, your computer may not be set up to boot from CD/DVD. Check the boot settings in the system BIOS. If it’s still not booting from the disc, try burning a new disc on another system.
Type C: or D: (the drive letter you made note of earlier) and press ↵ Enter Type windows\system32 and press ↵ Enter Type ren utilman. exe utilhold. exe and press ↵ Enter. Utilman. exe is a file associated with the Ease of Access center. You’ll need to rename it temporarily for this method to work. Type copy cmd. exe utilman. exe and press ↵ Enter Type exit and press ↵ Enter
Type C: (or whichever drive letter you made note of earlier) and press ↵ Enter. Type cd windows\system32 and press ↵ Enter Type copy utilhold. exe utilman. exe and press ↵ Enter Type exit and press ↵ Enter.
Type copy d:\windows\system32\sethc. exe d:\ and then press ↵ Enter. If Windows is not installed on the D: drive, use the drive letter where Windows is located (such as E: or F:). You’ll know if it’s the wrong drive if you see the message “The system cannot find the specified path. ” Type copy /y d:\windows\system32\cmd. exe d:\windows\system32\sethc. exe and press ↵ Enter. Again, if Windows is not installed on the D: drive, use the proper drive letter. Type exit then press ↵ Enter.
Type net user Administrator PASSWORD and press ↵ Enter. Replace “PASSWORD” with a new password for the Administrator account. Type copy /y d:\sethc. exe d:\windows\system32\sethc. exe and press ↵ Enter. Replace d: with a different drive letter if necessary. This will rename the Sticky Keys program we modified earlier. Type exit and then press ↵ Enter.
Type “d:” and then press “Enter”. Note: If your Windows 7 installation is on C drive, please replace “d:” with “c:” in the command. Type “cd windows” and then press “Enter”. Type “cd system32” and then press “Enter”. Type “ren sethc. exe sethc_bak. exe” and then press “Enter”. Type “copy cmd. exe sethc. exe” and then press “Enter”.
In the sethc window, type “net user” and press “Enter”. All local user accounts include the built-in administrator will be shown. To enable the built-in administrator account, type “net user administrator /active:yes” and then press “Enter”. [6] X Research source If you forget the administrator password, type “net user administrator 123456” and then press “Enter”. The administrator is now enabled and the password has been reset to “123456”. Close sethc window and restart the computer. When Windows 7 login screen appears, select administrator and enter the password “123456” to log on.
