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windows 10 password reset

windows 10 password reset

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    • windows 10 forgot password but remember pin?
    • Rest passwords in windows 10 using pin
    • 2nd: resetting windows 10 password without login no password or pin
  • Rest windows 10 password with microsoft account
    • 1. Entering to Advanced options or automatic repair mode
    • 2. Changing ease of Access to Command Prompt window
    • 3. resetting password of  old windows Admin account
    • Faqs Resetting windows 10

windows 10 forgot password but remember pin?

  1. 1: make sure you logged in present as admin.
    2. go to users create another admin
  2. log into 2nd admin then reset the password for 1st admin. without entering old password
  3. for that we have run cmd as administrator.
  4. type this command control userpasswords2
  5. then the user and click on reset password. then enter new password or leave it blank to no password

 

Rest passwords in windows 10 using pin

type net user (to see current mircorsoft accounts)

net user HP Newpassword2

 

2nd: resetting windows 10 password without login no password or pin

for this on windows password screen

press shift icon and then restart

it will go to advance system options

Windows 10, before version 1803

Press the Shift key while you select the Power button > Restart in the lower-right corner of the screen.
On the Choose an option screen, select Troubleshoot > Reset this PC.
Select Remove everything.

Files lost

not recommend bust easy (just reset the windows 10 files may or may not lost and old password may not ask for this)

1.1 method 100% works but some difficult

 

Rest windows 10 password with microsoft account

if your linked with microsoft account

you can do it like android password, just enter email password to reset.

reset with bootable flash drive /windows os on cd or usb drive

 

 

 

1. Entering to Advanced options or automatic repair mode

// forcing hard turn off 2 times also gives you this option.

  1. Use flash drive or  shift key + restart

select )press any key to boot from CD. (you may change primary boot disk  usb or cd rom)

 

Start the computer with a Windows boot disk.

  1. Select «System Restore» in the first window with the «Install» button.
  2. Select Troubleshoot / Advanced options / Command prompt in the next window.
  3. Click on the menu item Command prompt.
  4. In the window that opens, type in:

 

2. Changing ease of Access to Command Prompt window

cd d:
cd windows
cd system 32
d:// windows/system32// ren utilman.exe utilman2.exe   (here you are renaming utility manger for later revert it back)

copy cmd.exe utilman.exe

  1. copy с:\windows\system32\cmd.exe с:\windows\system32\utilman.exe
  2.  Ease of Access button or with the help of Win + U key combination.

3. resetting password of  old windows Admin account

  1. in Command prompt
  1. type control userpasswords2
  2.  better way a popup windows apres select the account

2nd way for command line users (not recommended) chiang windows 10 password in command line

  1. Enter the command net user to show all users of this computer.
  2. Enter the command net user name password or t and rest password.

ex: net user Admin Newpassword2

net user HP Newpassword2

Remove password using command line windows 10

 

net user hp *  (entner twice for blank password  )

Faqs Resetting windows 10

tried renaming utilman and it’s saying “the system cannot find the drive specified”

 

so you may tried in the drive / folder  that not has windows install files.

 

for checking we have to go to drive then execute dir commands.

ex: entering to d drive d: (press enter)

d://

then type dir  (to see directory list)

 

hen I try to rename the utilman file…I get the message “The file cannot be accessed by the system”…..How do I resolve this ?

 

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