@nextofwindows wrote:
Originally published at: http://www.nextofwindows.com/how-to-recover-my-lost-password-in-windows-7-and-8/
For security reason, the local administrator account is disabled by default in both Windows 7 and Windows 8. The first user you set up during the pre-configuration is granted local admin rights automatically, acting as the local admin to the machine. In most cases, this is your only key to gain access to the machine,…