Windows 10: How to set new password on my local account

Discus and support How to set new password on my local account in User Accounts and Family Safety to solve the problem; Something in Windows 10 changed my local account password, locking me out. I managed to logon with my "Windows Account" (I have only vague ideas what... Discussion in 'User Accounts and Family Safety' started by Swifty, Aug 12, 2015.

  1. SWIFTY
    Swifty Win User

    How to set new password on my local account


    Something in Windows 10 changed my local account password, locking me out.
    I managed to logon with my "Windows Account" (I have only vague ideas what this is) and I've saved as many of my EFS encrypted files as I can remember.

    What I can't do is find a way to reset the password to my local account. I have three local accounts, and they are all Administrators. But no matter who I logon as, I can't find the option to set my local account (steve) password.

    When I go through the process as it was on Windows 7, I get to the point where I should be able to change steve's password, but it's not one of the choices.

    Can I get my userid and password back without having to delete the account and re-creating it?

    :)
     
    Swifty, Aug 12, 2015
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  2. ANNEROEHRL
    ANNEROEHRL Win User

    Windows 10 Password Reset Incomplete

    I upgraded my new laptop to Windows 10 and set up my account with my msn account. I wanted to use a different login for the laptop (not my email password) and was switching the login to local setting the desired password. In this process I was logged
    off, now neither password works (incorrect password) and there are no other accounts set up on the system. How can I reset or get access to an admin account?
     
    ANNEROEHRL, Aug 12, 2015
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  3. ROHN007
    Rohn007 Win User
    Rohn007, Aug 12, 2015
    #3
  4. WHYME
    WhyMe Win User

    How to set new password on my local account

    WhyMe, Aug 12, 2015
    #4
  5. SWIFTY
    Swifty Win User
    I expected trouble, and I wasn't disappointed.

    I chose option two: Reset password of any local account in Netplwiz
    I start netplwiz and there is no "Steve" user name in the list.

    So, assuming there is no local user "Steve", I try to add one. It gets named "Steve_2". I'll bet that the user "steve.j.swift@gmail.com" has got user name Steve. I'll bet that I'm right royally stuffed.

    I'm on the brink of rolling back from Windows 10 to Windows 7, but I'm betting that would make this mess I'm in even worse...
     
    Swifty, Apr 5, 2018
    #5
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