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I need to reset a Windows 7 Administrators

I just built a PC that I plan to use to create an image for our domain computers. I have found it works best if I build the image on the domain and remove it before I capture the image. I set up a local account that I plan to use as a local admin, but right now it is only set as a standard user. Somewhere in the process the default Administrator password got lost, so I can log in as a standard user, but not an admin. I need a quick way to reset the Administrator password. Can this be done from a Standard user's desktop or do I need to boot from a reset CD? Does anyone have reset software they can recommend? I really need to find a quick fix for this, I do not have time to rebuild the machine

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Thor2923

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so how are you burning the DVD? I have downloaded the ISO on both versions of this app, extracted the ISO to folder on a WIndows desktop and burned the extracted files into a directly onto a DVD. It does not create a bootable DVD. Are you using special software to extract the files to a DVD?

Thor2923

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ooops never mind I burned it right this time

Joe Winograd

OK, glad it burned for you. I put mine on a CD, as it's relatively small (around 5MB total for all files), but a DVD is fine.