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Terry01:
I know this probably sounds a bit dodgy but......I have an old Compaq c700 that is running windows 7 that has been in my kitchen cupboard for 3 or 4 years-ish! I found it again this evening and thought I would give it a whirl. It's password locked and we can't for the life of us remember the password. The Mrs and I are about demented with it!  |O
I tried to reset it but it is saying I need to connect a floppy disk or removable drive to do this! It was built up for my Mrs by one of her geek friends a few years ago and I ended up using it as a gaming laptop but it got a virus so I bought a new machine as it was also getting older and the virus was the perfect excuse for me to get a new machine. The guy who built it said it was a good machine and had been "tweeked" a "little" inside. I have no reason to doubt him. Is there a way around this floppy disk or removable drive thing as I have neither.

Thanks
neo:
If i were you i would try and find that "geek friend"  :-//
Other than that i have no clue.
sokoloff:
You're going to create another bootable USB (or DVD) with some password editing tool on it.

https://www.lifewire.com/free-windows-password-recovery-tools-2626179

I feel like the last time I faced this, I used an ubuntu LiveCD to get what I needed off the PC, but I suspect you'll find a workable answer in the above article.
Ampera:
Honestly if I was faced with this, I would grab what I needed off the machine, and just reinstall Windows. I find it's a good policy to just reinstall windows on occasion anyways.
Electro Detective:
First you need to confirm if it's a Windows 7 password, bios password, hard drive password, some weird OEM ID asset password or a combo

If it's a Windows 7 password you may find what you need on Youtube if an internet search doesn't bring results


If it's a bios or hard drive password... ouch!  :horse:
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