Reset password windows 7, is safe?

I installed windows 7 last Friday and then, of course, I forgot the password.

I used this guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PILDBTObzLw to reset the password and now it works fine and I can connect.

I just want to know if I will have problems in the future with updates after I changed the name of some files. Can I find the files I edited and delete/rename them back to the original?

Thank you!

Hello Mello,

Thanks for posting your question on the Microsoft community.

Thank you for details on the question and your efforts to resolve.

I also appreciate your query on the updates of Windows and password reset.

Reset password is safe. However, we rename files "c:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution" and "catroot2" while that to solve the problem of update.

If you have remaned the files of data, then you do not have to delete or rename. If you have made changes to

Files Windows and then, although you can rename them, it can make no difference, or it can aggravate the problem.

I hope this information helps.

Please let us know if you need more help.

Thank you

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