In my COMPUTER lab at college there is a computer one of the previous students put an administrative password on it. This student is no longer around. I have seen quite a few rescue cd's for cracking a password on the internet. We tried OPH crack(?) but it didn't crack the password. Is there any way to crack the password other than installing the operating system again?Are you asking as a student-user of the lab or are you officially involved in overseeing the computers in the lab? If so, what is your title in that capacity? Likewise, what was the status of the previous student relative to the lab? This is an intermediate pc operating systems CLASS. I am one of eight students in the class. The lab is for the BEGINNERS pc operating systems class. We help those students in the lab. The computer was one built by one of the previous students in the lab. It is for lab use only. The student put WINDOWS 7 with an admistrator password. We can't access the computer for lab use. The student that put Windows 7 on the computer has moved out of state with no way to contact them.Well, I can't tell you how to crack the password because I don't know of a way. So, I THINK you'll have to install the OS again. In such a classroom setting, I suggest implementation of a drive imaging procedure for each computer or at least for each unique make and model computer used in the lab so that any computer used there can be restored from a drive image rather than starting from scratch with a reinstallation in circumstances such as this. Quote from: Little Marine on October 03, 2011, 03:47:11 PM

This is an intermediate pc operating systems class. I am one of eight students in the class. The lab is for the beginners pc operating systems class. We help those students in the lab. The computer was one built by one of the previous students in the lab. It is for lab use only. The student put Windows 7 with an admistrator password. We can't access the computer for lab use. The student that put Windows 7 on the computer has moved out of state with no way to contact them.