ImgBurn<\/a>, which is a really simple piece of software that helps you burn an ISO image to a disk. Note: if you have some other application for burning an ISO image, you can use that instead.<\/p>\nChoose the Source, click the burn button, and create the boot disk.<\/p>\n
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You could also create a bootable USB drive instead if you\u2019d like, the instructions are on the Offline NT download site.<\/p>\n
Resetting Your Windows Password<\/h3>\n
Boot your PC from the boot disk (you might have to adjust the BIOS to allow booting from the CD). You\u2019ll be prompted at a couple of screens, which you can generally just hit the Enter key at. For instance, this screen asks if you want to select the first partition, and [1] is already selected, so just hit Enter.<\/p>\n
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The same thing happens at the next step, where you have to choose the path to your registry. The default is fine, so hit Enter.<\/p>\n
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Next you can choose whether to use password reset or some other thing, so just hit Enter for password reset.<\/p>\n
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Next you\u2019ll be prompted whether you want to edit users or the registry. You want to edit user passwords, so hit Enter again.<\/p>\n
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And now, the first screen where you\u2019ll need to do something other than hit the Enter key. In this case, you\u2019ll want to type the username that you want to reset. In my case, this was \u201cgeek\u201d, so I just typed that (without the quotes). Then hit Enter.<\/p>\n
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Now you\u2019ll want to probably just blank the password, which is already selected, so hit the Enter key again (you can always change it once you\u2019re back in Windows).<\/p>\n
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And now, you\u2019ll have to save what you just did. So type an exclamation point to quit (or the \u201c!\u201d symbol), then type the letter \u201cy\u201d to save.<\/p>\n
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At this point it should say \u201cEDIT COMPLETE\u201d, and you can reboot your computer. You should be able to login without any problems\u2014just make sure to go set a new password.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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