Windows 10: Can't reset forgotten password using net user <username> <password> even with admin access

Hi, I'm trying to solve a problem here,My battery died so I had to remove it, so now I'm using my laptop without battery. Then I got the message after tried to login using PIN,"This sign-in option is disabled because of failed sign-in attempts or repeated shutdowns". I tried another sign in method using password, but the problem is I forgot my password.So, I waited for 2 hours and be able to sign in using PIN, then I decided to remove the password using every possible method available online, including running cmd as administrator and executing the command net user Administrator *. I got this

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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.

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.