Forgot or lost your windows 10 login password, how to reset it

Forgot or lost your windows 10 login password, how to reset it

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  Forgot or LostYour windows 10 Login Password, How to Reset It? When it comes to remembering varieties of passwords for different forums and accounts in our daily life, most of people think it is easy to forget or lose. If you forgot or lost your windows 10 login password, it will be a troublesome thing for you, since there are so many information and files in the system and system reinstall will wipe them. This problem is very common because PC owner tend to set complicated password to prevent other users from guessing the password. This article will walk you through the steps of different methods on how to reset your windows 10 login password.  Method 1: using a password-reset disk  Method 2: by creating a new user  Method3: using Windows Password Refixer Method1: ResetWindows10 loginpassword usingresetdisk It is encouraging that windows helps us create a password-reset disk in case we forget or lose our login passwords. If you happen to have a previously created password-reset disk in your hand, you can easily reset your Windows 10 login password. Steps are as follows. Step 1: First access to your windows 10 login screen Step 2: Simply type a wrong password, so the “Reset password” appear and you need to click it. Step3: Then insert your password reset USB flash disk to your computer.
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  Step 4: Thewizardwill guide you to reset your Windows 10 login password. Method2: ResetWindows10 loginPassword by creating a new user Few people realize the importance of a reset disk feature in windows 10 or they don’t care it at all. So what should you do without a reset disk previously created when you forgot Windows 10 login password? In fact, you still have the chance to reset your forgotten windows 10 password immediately and easily. That’s through creating a new user account on your Windows 10. Step 1: First, start by booting your Windows 10 installation into the setup by changing the boot order in your BIOS to take priority with the CD, or use the ISO as a startup disk instead. Step 2: Once the computer starts up, press “Shift+F10” to bring up a command prompt. From here, we’re going to use the command prompt to replace the Utility Manager at the login screen with cmd.exe with the following commands: move d: windows system32 utilman . exed: windows system32 utilman. exe. bak copy d : windows system32 cmd. exed : windows system32 utilman. exe Then you can input the command “wpeutil reboot” to restart the machine.
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  Step 3: Nextyou will be back at the login screen, click the Ease of Access icon and you should see a cmd.exelaunch. Type the commands below: net user <username> /add net localgroup administrators <username> /add You can use the name you’d like to replace the <username> above. Close the prompt ,you can choose to unplug the Windows 10 installation disk, the computer will boot up to the screen like the image below. Another way, you can also reset the BIO setting to restart your computer into widows 10 without unplug the disk. Then click on the new account. Step 4: After entering the new desktop, right click the Start menu, select the “Computer
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  Management”. Expand “Local Usersand Groups” on the left side, click the” User” folder, find your old account and right click. Select “Set Password” toreset your login password.
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  Step 5: Finally,click on the Start menu, choose the account that missed password. Return the login interface, now you can login with your new password. Method3: Reset Windows 10 login password by Windows Password Refixer
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  Read here youmay think I don’t have a privileged reset disk and the method 2 is too complex for you to operate. Just take it easy, we will show you a new method to reset your login password. No more requirements or skills are needed and beyond that it is also very safe to your computer. Now thereare some things you need to prepare below:  A workable computer based on windows OS  A blank USB device or DVD/CD Step 1: Download and install Windows Password Refixer on a workable Windows PC. Step 2: Insert your prepared CD/DVD or USB into the PC, and run the Windows Password Refixer, select the media type you want to burn. Step 3: Choose the drive you just insert and click on “Begin burning”, then you click “Yes” to format. After finishing the process, just eject the drive.
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  Step 4: Nowyou can insert the drive into the locked computer and start it. Type “F12” to enter into BIOS settings. Then choose booting option from USB or CD/DVD. Step 5: Then select windows 10 system and the login password forgotten account, click “Reset Password “. Done! As you can see, you don’t need to be a computer expert, you can also reset your windows 10 login password by simply using the methods above.