Windows 10: Changing Administrator password

Discus and support Changing Administrator password in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; I want to change the bios to uefi but cannot access the command prompt during boot up, it requires a password and my Windows password does not work.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Keibray1948, Dec 13, 2021.

  1. Changing Administrator password


    I want to change the bios to uefi but cannot access the command prompt during boot up, it requires a password and my Windows password does not work. Anyone have an answer?

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    Keibray1948, Dec 13, 2021
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  2. Try3 Win User

    Lost My Administrator Password

    To which "this" are you referring?
    - If you are following the tutorial Bree suggested in the very first reply to your question then what you need to do at each step is explained in detail. So which step are you at?
    - If you are following a different procedure then state what it is and which step you are at. If, for example, you are trying to manually enable the Built-In Admin as suggested in post #11 then that account has no password.

    Denis
     
  3. administrator password

    Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums. In this case I suggest you to try converting your account into administrator. Follow the steps below,

    1. Search for Run on
      Windows search bar.
    2. Type netplwiz in the run window and click on OK.
    3. It would prompt you for password of admin account, put in the password.

      If you have not set any password, just click on OK.
    4. Double click on the user account you want to change and go to
      Group Membership.
    5. Now select Administrator and click on
      Apply and OK.


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    Hope it helps

    Manjunath H

    Microsoft Community – Moderator
     
    Manjunath_H, Dec 13, 2021
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  4. mfran2002 Win User

    Changing Administrator password

    how to prevent the built-in administrator to change its password?

    thank you all for your suggestions

    in the end, is there a way to disable the password change for the built in administrator user, via command line or registry?

    thanks
     
    mfran2002, Dec 13, 2021
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