Stuart_C Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 My Google-fu is weak and I'm having a bit of a brain fail... As an admin how do I unlock an Win 7 machine that's been locked by another user?
Steve21 Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 If you open task manager, can't you right click user and force logoff? Steve
FN-GM Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 On the lock screen hit CTRL + ALT + DEL then press switch user.
Stuart_C Posted March 24, 2011 Author Posted March 24, 2011 @Steve21 - No Because the Computer's locked @FN-GM Hmm.. I was worried you might say something like that. I've got the fast user switching disabled/hidden. I don't really want the pupils able to "switch users"
FN-GM Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 @Steve21 - No Because the Computer's locked @FN-GM Hmm.. I was worried you might say something like that. I've got the fast user switching disabled/hidden. I don't really want the pupils able to "switch users" Is there a change user button? That might let you put some different credentials in.
crassus17 Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 My Google-fu is weak and I'm having a bit of a brain fail... As an admin how do I unlock an Win 7 machine that's been locked by another user? Hmm.. Seems like my problem, but I use an alternative way to fix it. I use a bootable CD which includes a password changer software that it erases the password of all accounts associated in a computer upon system startup. I downloaded it from an Internet site, and I'll try to paste the link here.
Steve21 Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 @Steve21 - No Because the Computer's locked " Got any remote access to it? Steve
crassus17 Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 Try this link. I hope this will help solve the problem, and afterwards, you can make necessary preventive measures and planning. A@PC: Windows Password Recovery Software. Reset Administrator Password. XP VISTA 2008 2003 2000 NT.
sukh Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 Hi Can you try to RDP to the Windows 7 machine from another PC on the same subnet? Sukh
ictech Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 Is this just a machine that has been logged on and then locked ie. "Win+L" or "Ctrl+Alt+Del --> Lock this computer"? If so, would powering down the machine and powering up again not throw them out?
Stuart_C Posted March 24, 2011 Author Posted March 24, 2011 @ ictech yes. technically but then switching it off is not what I want to be doing to the comptuers. So taking this a step further, bearing in mind only staff can lock a machine is there any mischief that can be accomplished by the students if I have fast user switching turned on?
ChrisMiles Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 Even if you enable fast user switching you cannot unlock the user's session, the best you could do is log on with another account. There is no way to unlock the session on windows 7. Very annoying. Pretty much all you can do is shutdown/restart the machine or force a log off.
Ignatius Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 How about: 1. Gain a domain admin shell on another PC on the network 2. Run psexec \\RemoteIPAddress cmd.exe 3. Run quser to see the UserNames and IDs of those who are logged on 4. Run logoff to log them off the remote PC 1
srochford Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 What's wrong with @sukh's idea of RDP? It will warn you that another user is logged on but you can force a log on to the machine and just log off normally.
Arthur Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 There is no way to unlock the session on windows 7. I've only tested it with XP, but RemoteUnlock.exe enables you to remotely unlock a users session without knowing their password.
rvdmast Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 I've only tested it with XP, but RemoteUnlock.exe enables you to remotely unlock a users session without knowing their password. RemoteUnlock doesn't work under Vista/Windows 7. I used it too, untill we switched to Win7 last year. But if anyone knows another tool that works in win7... 1
Ignatius Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 RemoteUnlock doesn't work under Vista/Windows 7. I used it too, untill we switched to Win7 last year. But if anyone knows another tool that works in win7... Have you tried the tip that I posted earlier in the thread? It certainly works on a remote Windows 7 PC to log them off.
Stuart_C Posted March 25, 2011 Author Posted March 25, 2011 Thanks @Innatius. I just had a play with that and it works! Yeah.
jonnykewell1 Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 how does this work? do you run it from an admin pc and put the pc name in?
Ignatius Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 how does this work? do you run it from an admin pc and put the pc name in? 1. Download psexec (one of the Sysinternals tools) from Microsoft. 2. Put it into your system32 folder 3. Pull up a domain admin shell (via or whatever you need to do on your OS). This ensures that you have access rights to the remote PC 4. From the domain admin shell: psexec \\RemotePCIPAddress cmd.exe (this brings up the remote PC's shell to your local PC) 5. Run quser.exe - this shows the usernames and IDs of those logged in to the remote PC as if you were sitting at that PC 6. Run logoff.exe Voila!
Stuart_C Posted March 25, 2011 Author Posted March 25, 2011 I must admit it took me a few minute with step 4 to figure out that my command prompt was actually that of the remote machine But I did have a few enjoyable minutes logging off my technician.
glennda Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 can you not use the remote shutdown command to log the user off (not tried this) shutdown -f -l -t 01 -m \\computername
ChrisMiles Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 can you not use the remote shutdown command to log the user off (not tried this) shutdown -f -l -t 01 -m \\computername Nope you cant do remove log offs using shutdown only restarts and shutdowns. Easiest way on windows 7 is to use terminal services logoff command: logoff console /server:computer
glennda Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 Nope you cant do remove log offs using shutdown only restarts and shutdowns. i'm guessing thats only remote as i know the shutdown command can log off only on the actual workstation
ChrisMiles Posted March 25, 2011 Posted March 25, 2011 i'm guessing thats only remote as i know the shutdown command can log off only on the actual workstation Yeah sorry, typo there i meant you cant do remote log offs with shutdown.
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