How can I unlock my administrator account in windows 7 (its my account) and I don't want to reformat my hard drive.

Please help me

Hi alexmcmullen,

Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Community!

If I understand correctly you need to unlock your administrator account in windows 7.

You are the administrator of the computer?

You provide the password?

You get the error message?

I would like to go you through the articles below:

Microsoft's strategy concerning lost or forgotten passwords

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/189126

You can also turn on the built in admin account and check.

HOW to: Enable the build-in the administrator account in Windows Vista

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/555910

(Applicable to Windows 7)

Answer us with more information, and I will be happy to provide you with the additional options that you can use to get the problem resolved.

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