Windows 10: forgot my password , local account

I used to have the setting turned on so that every time my computer sleeps, i needed to enter a password.

i turned it off so that i could just log in and out with 1 click, because i was planning to bring it into a repair shop for service, i did not want to have to tell them my password...i dunno, i guess that was a dumb thing to do.


when i went back into sign in options

i see some new things like "setup a pin" "setup a picture password" "setup security questions"

but to access these, i need to reenter my password.


but my password doesn't work!

somehow i must have changed it at some point, because i changed my password hint and i don't remember doing it.


the new password hint i put is too cryptic, i can't remember what the hint meant,

i can't remember my password at all.


this is NOT the microsoft password!

this is the local password for my administrator account.

luckily, i am not locked out, but this is extremely frustrating because whoever programmed this, left no way to recover the password in this situation.


i tried googling it, they say i need to setup security questions, but i have not set them up yet and i have to remember the password to set them up.

the only other option i found was to reset the password by using a detachable USB drive

but i don't have one of those! I bought this laptop from a retailer and it had windows 8 installed and then i was sent a special email offer to upgrade to windows 10 through a download.

i have no official windows 10 boot disk.


i am afraid to guess the password, because the computer might lock me out permanently.

how do i recover or reset my password now

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forgot password for account!!!!

forgot password for account!!!!

you know when you boot up your computer... and yeha i have more than one account and I forgot the password to one of them.

is there anyway for me to get in to the account? or the account will be perminant lock if i dont remember password?

xp home

 

forgot what the password is for your local account


What if you are using your Microsoft account Shawn, and you forgot what the password is for your local account??? Long time ago when I was just using my local account, I never had a password setup for it. Now if I try to log in to my local account, it wants me to enter a password, so right now I don't use it.

And using netplwiz to change your local password, how do I know which user account is my local account?? I am the only user on my computer, and Netplwiz shows me two times, along with a HomeGroupUser$ and guest.

I am listed under group heading in 2 ways, Homeusers and homeusers;Administrator;Users ???

user must enter a password to use this computer is turned off bty.

 

Forgot Local Password

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow the steps provided below and reset the password for the local account and check.

• 
  Login in to your Microsoft account.
  
• 
  Press Windows logo key + X key.
  
• 
  Select Computer Management.
  
• 
  Click on Local user and group.
  
• 
  In the right window pane, double click on user’s folder.
  
• 
  Right click on local user account and select set password and follow the on screen instructions.
  

Hope it helps. Do let us know if your issue is resolved. For any further query, feel free to contact us.

Thank you.