Windows 10: cant log into my windows 8 laptop with correct password

My laptop is rather old, I'd say about 7-9 years roughly. It runs on windows 8.1, and support for the laptop ended in January of this year. It was working just fine yesterday, but now I cannot log into it. When I got to put in my password, it does not show my profile icon properly it's showing a default icon now, and is not accepting my password, claiming that it is incorrect. I have made sure that caps lock and num lock are off while typing. I have attempted booting into safe mod and going to a restore point to try to fix it, but it does not accept my password as valid to do so. I have chec

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How to reset Windwos 8 Password?

Change or reset your Windows password - Microsoft Support

• If you've forgotten your Windows password, there are several ways to retrieve or reset it:
  • If your PC is on a domain, your system administrator must reset your password.
  • If you're using a Microsoft account, you can reset your password online. ...
  • If you're using a local account, use your password hint as a reminder.

 

Unable to log into laptop after changing password.

Hi Marty,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand how difficult it could be and we appreciate the time and effort that you have taken to work this issue. However, in order to get clarity, we would need some more information regarding the issue.

1. Were you using the “Old email (account) address” regardless of not using laptop?
   
2. Are both the email addresses linked?
   
3. Could you please let us know, where exactly you get prompt for the password for the “Old email address” in the desktop?
   
4. What is the exact error message you get when you try to log in to laptop?
   
5. Does your desktop has two user profiles?
   

In the meantime, we would suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below and check.



You would need to have internet connection in laptop, so that the password change could get updated and it seems that the laptop is not connected to the internet, we would suggest you to connect Ethernet cable to laptop and then
try logging in to the laptop with the new password for the old email address.





We await your response.

 

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