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RocketPenguin
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I have recently started working on a project with a computer that was for a small business, but was set up in such a way that none of the cashiers could tamper with the time, web settings, or anything in the control panel. The only permission the general user was given was to use a software for marketing. Now, i would like to put it to a different use. But, alas; I have reached my first dilemma of many to come. This computer was set up with a person of far greater knowledge than I, and i do not have contact with this person at this time. The problem is, there is one admin account, which is locked by a password. 
I don't know this password, nor do i have access to the person who set it up. I don't want to wipe the computer, it has a legit copy of Windows 7, along with Microsoft office 2013, and a year left of ESET Antivirus. Not knowing any of the activation codes to any of these, and no longer having the disks, would make it quite a shame to wipe it. I have tried changing the password in quite a few ways, all with failure. The closest i have gotten was changing the sticky key executable with cmd.exe. I have gotten this to work, and i have logged in with the admin account. Thing is, no matter what i do, whether it be change the password, remove it, create another admin account, or even make the user account admin privileged, every time i reboot, it undoes everything, including the changed password. Yes, i did try LiveCD, but i had little idea of what i was doing. (I used nothing but Ubuntu for 2 years, so that wasn't a problem. it was the "what do i do now?" and after doing such, "why doesn't it work after rebooting into Windows???") I have no reset key, no hint is given, and i am kind of annoyed that my first attempts didn't work. Could anyone help me gain admin privileges to either a user account, or change/remove/figure out what the password is to this admin account?
Thnx!
I don't know this password, nor do i have access to the person who set it up. I don't want to wipe the computer, it has a legit copy of Windows 7, along with Microsoft office 2013, and a year left of ESET Antivirus. Not knowing any of the activation codes to any of these, and no longer having the disks, would make it quite a shame to wipe it. I have tried changing the password in quite a few ways, all with failure. The closest i have gotten was changing the sticky key executable with cmd.exe. I have gotten this to work, and i have logged in with the admin account. Thing is, no matter what i do, whether it be change the password, remove it, create another admin account, or even make the user account admin privileged, every time i reboot, it undoes everything, including the changed password. Yes, i did try LiveCD, but i had little idea of what i was doing. (I used nothing but Ubuntu for 2 years, so that wasn't a problem. it was the "what do i do now?" and after doing such, "why doesn't it work after rebooting into Windows???") I have no reset key, no hint is given, and i am kind of annoyed that my first attempts didn't work. Could anyone help me gain admin privileges to either a user account, or change/remove/figure out what the password is to this admin account?Thnx!
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