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!

You can't. You have to be logged into an Administrator level account to do this in Windows. Since I believe this question is meant for malicious purposes I won't explain how to do this outside of Windows. — Ramhound, Apr 18 '14 at 19:03
Related question: How do I reset the Windows administrator password? — and31415, Apr 18 '14 at 19:37
Might not be for malicious purposes. Sometimes you're given a PC and nobody remembers the admin password. — Kevin Panko, Apr 19 '14 at 14:30

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

LPChip

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

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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.

answered Apr 18 '14 at 18:51

injector

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I've lost my password to the admin though so PwDump7 won't work. – Jason Apr 18 '14 at 19:35
Are you a part of a domain? – injector Apr 18 '14 at 19:44
No I'm on a normal laptop running windows 7 – Jason Apr 18 '14 at 20:11
Perfect. If the laptop is not part of a domain and you are trying to reset the local admin password. Just use Ophcrack. You can find more information about it and download it from the following link:
http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/‎
– injector Apr 21 '14 at 14:16

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

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