Windows 10: forgot admin password with additional security settings Reset my PC disabled

aristotts · Feb 12, 2020

hi there,

Ran into some issues with a common laptop Lenovo thinkpad running on windows 10. The security settings were done in a way that only admin can make security changes I.e reset the PC function and of cause the admin password has been forgotten. There is no way to log in as admin again. The power button during log in has also been disabled. When logged in as user or guests, we are not able to access such features.

What are the alternatives to reset the laptop assuming there is no way to log in as admin to make security changes, any attempts to make security change by restart will prompt into entering bit locker. Which is also untraceable.

TIA

Aris

:)

Namslas90 · Feb 12, 2020

admin password?

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

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Jenniffer n RobbieAllison · Feb 12, 2020

reset admin password if I forgot it

How do I reset the admin password if I forgot it

Kol12 · Feb 12, 2020

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
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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
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No. You will not lose your files from the old account.

You'll just be creating a new administrator account to sign in to and change/reset the password of your old account using Option 3 below.

*Arrow Change Account Password in Windows 10
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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.

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