Windows 7 Dell laptop Forgotten password

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Published on 2010-04-29T16:27:54Z Indexed on 2010/04/29 16:37 UTC
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Hi,

A friend has managed to set up their new Windows 7 Home Premium Dell Inspiron and forgot the password they have used. I have tried the following password reset software to no avail:

UBCD
OHPCrack
Offline NT Password & Registry Editor *Trinity
Kon Boot

I have also tried to do a system restore but this asks for the password. The user does not have any data they need to save. Is there anyway I can get access to the restore partition using Linux to create a recovery disk or do I have to purchase a recovery disk from Dell?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

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