Lost Windows 7 Password
Forgot my Windows 7 password. Is there any way to reset my Windows 7 password from the Mac side with bootcamp? Using Terminal perhaps?
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
I used this with great success on Windows only computers and have never tried with a BootCamp Mac.
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Burn CD and the reboot
use option key and hopefully
you can select the CD directly
If the CD doen't show up the choose the Windows side but have the CD in the DVD Player.
Windows should give you the option at the Windows Boot to hit any key to boot the CD.
The iso is a linux boot disk so hopefully it will work.
Let us all know how you make out.
