

If you have uses a Microsoft account, try to use settings to change the account to a local account.Go to control panel (or settings app in Windows 10) and try to reset the password of the broken admin account.Login to the new account Administrator – the account Administrator doesn't has a password by default. The account Administrator doesn't has a password by default. After successful loading the installed Windows, the login screen shall show also the account Administrator. Press to execute the command, remove the boot media and reboot your machine. Now enter the commands given below to activate the build-in Administrator account: And within this command prompt windows we have administrative user rights.ģ. Select the command Magnifier (German Bildschirmlupe) shown within the open menu.īecause we have exchanges cmd.exe and magnifier.exe during our rename operation, the Magnifier menu entry opens the command prompt windows. Click to the Accessibility button shown in the lower left of your login screen (below is a Windows 8 login screen shown, but Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 comes with a Accessibility button too).Ģ. Enable the Administrator accountĪfter booting Windows successful, it's mandatory, to enable the build-in Administrator account.ġ. The trick works also in Windows 8, 8.1 and 10. In case of doubt, the steps are also discussed for Windows 7 at within this tutorial. Then you can remove the boot media and restart the machine, to boot Windows again. The command sequence exchange magnifier with Windows command processor cmd.exe.

The we can use the following commands within the command prompt window, to rename cmd.exe and magnify.exe.

The letter C: stands here for the Windows drive. Then I I select File – Open and use the Open dialog box as a mini file manager to identify my Windows drive number.Īfter I know the drive letter for Windows, I use the following command within my command prompt window: I invoke Windows editor using the command notepad.exe. Drive X: is the RAM disk with Windows PE. The only difficulty is to locate the logical drive for your Windows installation. Rename the files cmd.exe and magnify.exe within the command prompt windows using the command given below. Boot your machine with Windows RE (use a setup DVD or a system repair disk) and open command prompt window ( see).Ģ. If the registry hack shown in part 1 is to complicated, use the steps outlined below to activate the build-in Administrator account.ġ. The how to is just a "last resort to avoid a Windows re-install, in case admin rights are lost". I won't introduce password cracker therefor. Note: This is not a guide to hack third party computer systems, because this is illegal. Again: This 'how to' shall work in Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (and its corresponding Server versions).
