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How to help my mother reset her Dell because she forgot her sole password on Windows 7

How to help my mother reset her Dell because she forgot her sole password on Windows 7

Frustration. My mom asked me to help her pick out a Dell. I advised her to get a Dell Inspiron 17" Notebook with Windows 7 and Office 2007 preloaded. The machine came and she set it up by answering the few questions during the first boot of the machine. She claims that after logging in she ran a few programs and left it on and went to dinner. When she returned, the machine was off. No explanation as to why it would have shut down.

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bert [Entry]

"The F8 menu is related to the currently installed Windows and not the Dell utilities.

Put in the recovery CD/DVD and make sure you boot from the disk, it should be able to format the machine and start from factory settings.

Apart from that, you may want to try NT Password and Registry Editor - burn it to a disk and boot into it.

I used this all the time with XP and loved it - I know Windows Vista and 7 use a new password system and I honestly have no idea if this is compatible, a few friends say it still works, but I have not tested it."
bert [Entry]

Try OPH Crack, just boot it. It says it supports up to Win Vista i have yet to use it under a Win7 environment. Hope it works
Try OPH Crack, just boot it. It says it supports up to Win Vista i have yet to use it under a Win7 environment. Hope it works
bert [Entry]

"I recommend my Emergency Boot CD. It's very straightforward and easy to use (available as a shareware demo or $39.95 for full version).

It can:

Backup and restore files without Windows
Reset password of any Windows user
Edit Registry even if Windows is not bootable
Fix boot problems and reassign drive letters
Manage partitions: create, format, delete, wipe, backup, restore"