[dba-Tech] Boot to command line in Windows 7

[Stuart McLachlan]

Hiren's will do it, along with a lot of other things

https://www.hirensbootcd.org/

or much simpler

https://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/

Both boot to *nix and let you reset passwords.



On 9 Feb 2022 at 17:45, John Colby wrote:

> Windows password is not particularly secure.  A few years back I broke
> into a laptop "locked" by a drunk friend... for an instructor using an
> app on a usb stick.  It just "found" the password.  No idea more than
> that...
> 
> It was 6 years ago so you are going to have to google how it works for
> yourself but I did it.
> 
> On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 5:39 PM Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks Stuart,
> > That got me part way there, but Iit's been so long since I booted
> > this old box that I've forgotten the password. But at least I'm up. 
> > Now all I have to do is ransack my memory, what little of it
> > remains.
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 4:40 PM Stuart McLachlan
> > <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> wrote:
> >
> > > Does pressing and continuing to hold down the F8 key as soon as
> > > you power up  give you the "Advanced Boot Options" screen?
> > >
> > >
> > > On 9 Feb 2022 at 10:00, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have an ancient box with win 7. I want to boot directly to the
> > > > command ine, skipping Windows, so I can run chksk /f.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
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