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I think I'm victim of a rather curious mistake.

I installed Windows 7 through BootCamp, chose a password with some symbols (like #€<&, etc). What I didn't realize was that the keyboard layout at that time was probably different from what thought it was. So, now I don't actually know what my password is. I know what it should be, but not what I actually typed. The double entering of password obviously didn't help. To confuse it further, I have a Swedish keyboard.

I need to map what I thought I entered as password to what I actually entered. I've made the following table: (I think the drivers might play a part in this)

Installation    Mac Keyboard (Swedish)    US Layout      Win drivers
Current         Mac Keyboard (Swedish)    SWE Layout     Bootcamp drivers

I have tried to just change the layout to US when entering the password, but it did not help.

Any help greatly appreciated! I'd rather not reinstall Windows 7.

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Google quicky leads to this list of password recovery programs

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  • Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out! I might add that I have read access to the partition if that would help (I can still start the Mac in OS X).
    – Oscar
    Dec 17, 2013 at 12:25
  • Most -if not all- of these, are tools to boot your computer with. I honestly can´t tell whether they can handle the BootCamp installation or not.
    – Jannis Alexakis
    Dec 17, 2013 at 12:49
  • Sorry, but I couldn't make the Mac boot into these.
    – Oscar
    Dec 24, 2013 at 8:02
  • Can you boot from the Win7 DVD ?
    – Jannis Alexakis
    Dec 26, 2013 at 10:28
  • Yes, that works. I might have screwed up to make the USB bootable.
    – Oscar
    Jan 2, 2014 at 9:54

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