Make a admin account on a standard user account in windows 7

Question

I am on a standard user account and I want to change the admin's password but don't have the rights. Please help!

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 18 '14 at 18:51

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This is impossible. Administrator activities require administrative rights. Ask whoever has access to the administrator user, or if there is no one, prepare to reinstall windows.

answered Apr 18 '14 at 18:51

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 18 '14 at 18:51

You could load pwdump7 on it and use John the ripper to crack the hashes you acquire using dumpsec.

Here are the links to download the said tools:

PwDump7 http://www.tarasco.org/security/pwdump_7/‎

John the ripper http://www.openwall.com/john/

Good luck!

Of note

Depending on the security policy set forth by the domain administrators (assuming you're on a domain) you might not be able to install the tools. Give it a try, keep me posted.

Make a admin account on a standard user account in windows 7

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