Windows 10: Cannot enter admin username & password

Dell Inspiron 13 5310 user here, I'm trying to uninstall a program and I keep getting this:It wouldn't let me take a screenshot, so I took one with my phone. This is not unique to the specific program I'm trying to uninstall, this happens any time I try to do something that requires admin permissions. I've restarted my computer and the problem persists.

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admin password?

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

*Toast :toast:

 

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.

 

Forgotten admin password.

To create an additional password-protected local Admin account if you are currently logged into an Admin account using this procedure -

[Note that at no stage of this procedure are you required to enter your current admin account password as long as you are signed in to it already]

• Start button,
• Settings,
• Accounts,
• Family & other users,
• [Other users section],
• Add someone else to this PC,
• I don't have this person's sign-in information,
• Add a user without a Microsoft account,
• Write down the username, password & security QnA bits that you are about to use [somewhere readily accessible yet secure from loss],
• Enter a username, password & security QnA bits,
• Back in the list of other accounts you can now see in Family & other users, [Other users section],
• Click on the new account,
• Click on Change account type,
• Select the Administrator account type,
• OK.

Denis