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Using Hiren's Boot CD To Create Admin User Accounts

Using Hiren's Boot CD, one can create an administrator user account on a Windows computer to gain access if the original password is forgotten. The steps include booting from the Hiren's Boot CD, selecting the "Password Renew" option, choosing "Create new Administrator user" and entering a new username and password. It is important to select "Quit" rather than closing the program normally after creating the new account in order for it to work upon rebooting the computer. Hiren's Boot CD is a useful tool for technicians to create admin accounts and perform other recovery tasks using its various antivirus and technical tools.

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Using Hiren's Boot CD To Create Admin User Accounts

Using Hiren's Boot CD, one can create an administrator user account on a Windows computer to gain access if the original password is forgotten. The steps include booting from the Hiren's Boot CD, selecting the "Password Renew" option, choosing "Create new Administrator user" and entering a new username and password. It is important to select "Quit" rather than closing the program normally after creating the new account in order for it to work upon rebooting the computer. Hiren's Boot CD is a useful tool for technicians to create admin accounts and perform other recovery tasks using its various antivirus and technical tools.

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Using Hiren's Boot CD to

Create Admin User


Accounts
Updated on January 3, 2017

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Overview
If you’ve ever forgotten a password and none of the usual tricks work to get you
back into your Windows box, then a boot CD like Hiren is a must. Of all the things
that you can do with this boot disc none is as useful as making admin accounts.
What this means is that if you have physical access to a machine then there is
nothing to prevent you from gaining administrative access.

You can download the ISO for Hiren at http://www.hirensbootcd.org This article
presumes you already know how to create a boot disc from and ISO image and can
boot to it. If you’ve never used the Hiren Boot CD before then do yourself a favor
and try it. It is an indispensable tool in any technician’s bag of tricks.

1) After booting the disc, select the mini XP option. Once your at the desktop click
on the wrench icon in the notification area and navigate to Pass Renew. The path is:
Passwords/Keys-Windows Login- Password Renew.
2) At the Pass Renew screen click on “Select Target” in the lower right. Then
browse to the Windows folder on the local hard drive.

3) Click OK, then click on the “Create new Administrator user” option under “Select
a task” on the left of the screen. Then enter the username and password you want
to use for the new account. For this tutorial we’ll use testadmin as the username.
Then click the “Install” option under “Select an (a) action” on the left.

4) You will see a popup stating that the creating the new user is “Done.” Go ahead
and click “OK”
5) Now there is one trick to this next step that you must do correctly. DO NOT “X”
OUT! You must click the “Quit” option under “Select an action” to finish using the
program and use the account just created. If you simply click the “X” then the
account will show up on the Welcome screen but you won’t be able to logon. So
make sure to click “Quit.”

Success!!!
That’s all there is to it. Now you can eject the disc and reboot the machine. If all has
gone well you will see your new account and be able to logon.

Hiren’s Boot CD is among the best all purpose boot disc out there. With a large
amount of antivirus apps and a huge variety of other tech tools there’s not much
you can’t do with this disc. Honestly, I’ve tried most of them out there and other
than the Backtrack CD there simply is no other disc I use.

All for now,

Rome’s IT Guy
This article is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge. Content is for
informational or entertainment purposes only and does not substitute for personal counsel
or professional advice in business, financial, legal, or technical matters.

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