Administrator access problem

Mr Bump

Hi
I have an old work laptop, I deleted one of the users in the user accounts area, (fool me), never the less I am not the administrator of the laptop hence causes problem,
As this is now my laptop how can I make myself the administrator on the laptop, (I am unable to do this with my old company as it does not exist anymore),
Any help in this matter would be appreciated

Regards

ps, its a windows 7 TOSHIBA

bonzodog2

Reset the built-in administrator account password with http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/

Mr Bump

Thanks for that, but will not work as I cannot use disk on this laptop, it is a travel one with no disk,

duckysauce

Mr Bump wrote: »

Thanks for that, but will not work as I cannot use disk on this laptop, it is a travel one with no disk,

make a bootable usb drive

Mr Bump

I am not capable of making a bootable USB drive, frankly I am just an average guy who uses a laptop, this would be beyond my ability, I was hoping that this problem would be a lot more simple to fix, ie like a step by step process I could follow to fix the problem

duckysauce

Mr Bump wrote: »

I am not capable of making a bootable USB drive, frankly I am just an average guy who uses a laptop, this would be beyond my ability, I was hoping that this problem would be a lot more simple to fix, ie like a step by step process I could follow to fix the problem

https://www.google.ie/search?q=google+make+bootable+usb+key&rlz=1C1ASUT_enIE505IE505&oq=google+make+bootable+usb+key&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64.13729j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

bonzodog2

To make a bootable USB drive / key:

1. Copy all files from this CD onto the USB drive.
It cannot be in a subdirectory on the drive.
You do not need delete files already on the drive.
2. Install the bootloader (you may have to be administrator)
On the USB drive, there should now be a file "syslinux.exe".
Run this from a command line, like this:


j:\syslinux.exe -ma j:

replace j with some other letter if your USB drive is on another
drive letter than j:
On some drives, you may have to omit the -ma option if you
get an error.
If it says nothing, it probably did install the bootloader.

from the readme.txt of ntpasswd

parasu

This is probably the easiest walkthrough to follow:

http://www.appgeeker.com/guide/reset-windows-7-password.html

I have used it for other password reset before, it works pretty good.