Windows 10: How to name a new Admin and delete or change existing passwords.

Discus and support How to name a new Admin and delete or change existing passwords. in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; If this thread is in the wrong place, feel free to move it. I plan to give my old computer to my grandson. How do I erase the passwords, and how do I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by therealsimpsons, Sep 7, 2020.

  1. THEREALSIMPSONS
    therealsimpsons Win User

    How to name a new Admin and delete or change existing passwords.


    If this thread is in the wrong place, feel free to move it.

    I plan to give my old computer to my grandson. How do I erase the passwords, and how do I change the Administrator's name?

    Thank you,

    TRS

    :)
     
    therealsimpsons, Sep 7, 2020
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  2. NAMSLAS90
    Namslas90 Win User

    admin password?

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

    *Toast :toast:
     
    Namslas90, Sep 7, 2020
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  3. TRY3
    Try3 Win User
    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
     
    Try3, Sep 7, 2020
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  4. FREEBOY
    freeboy Win User

    How to name a new Admin and delete or change existing passwords.

    admin password?

    ok changed added admin password for d in safe mode!
    Ok, now this is weird: XP repair will not accept my new password! WTF?
     
    freeboy, Sep 7, 2020
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