Windows 10: Blue screen error and forgotten admin password. PLEASE HELP

I am receiving a blue screen error that states “critical process died”. Even though this aspect is extremely frustrating, there is a more pressing issue. I cannot remember or reset my admin password. I have tried everything to try and correct my initial issue, but I am constantly faced with my admin password being required. I went through the process of changing my Microsoft account password and was successful. This did not help like I thought. What can I do to at least get a working password to troubleshoot my other problem?

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admin password?

You can reset the Admin Password using Windows XP repair; See Here for step by step.

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Forgotten admin password.

Sorry but "Admin account" might be a description. Is your answer to 1 that you are signed in to the built-in account with the username Administrator or do you just mean that you are signed in to an account that has admin status [an account that you have made at some stage]?

The account to select in the list is the one that you want to reset the password to. If that is the one you are signed in to then you'll get that To change your password press Alt+Ctrl+Delete message instead [and the existing password is needed in order to do any change].

You need to be signed in to a different admin user account in order to reset the existing one's password. By the way, you will lose all your saved internet sign-in credentials by resetting it.
- You could create a new password-protected, admin-level local user account {steps given in a separate post below} then sign in to it so you could then use netplwiz to reset the original one.

Denis

 

Forgotten admin password.

Thanks guys. Just confirming that the instructions have worked and all of the account passwords are sorted out. Passwords have been stored securely so they won't be lost again!

One thing I noticed after creating the temp admin account is that you need to change it to a standard account afterwards otherwise it will be the primary admin account.