Windows 10: I NEED TO RESET MY COMPUTER PASSWORD, LOCKED OUT

I'm locked out of my laptop. I'm using windows-10.


Is there a workaround?


Ronald DeFoor

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How to reset Windwos 8 Password?

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/what-do-forget-windows-password#1TC=windows-8

• If you've forgotten your Windows password, there are several ways to retrieve or reset it:
  • If your PC is on a domain, your system administrator must reset your password.
  • If you're using a Microsoft account, you can reset your password online. ...
  • If you're using a local account, use your password hint as a reminder.

 

Forgotten password, locked out of computer

Helping users to reset / crack Windows sign-in credentials is a difficult and controversial topic. We wouldn't want to, and it wouldn't be right to assist people to get into other users accounts.

In your case the first thing I noticed when reading your post was the highlighted part in above quote. It simply can't be true that you set up a picture password without knowing your password; to set up a picture password you must first verify you are the account owner by entering your password:





My suggestion is that to sign in to Windows you use the same password you had to know and use when you created the picture password.

 

Locked out of the computer, need to reset the administrator password in Windows 10.

Hi Betsy,



Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We regret the inconvenience caused.



Before assisting further, I would like to ask you a question:

• Are you logging in using Microsoft account?
• How did you get locked out from your PC?
• Did you make any recent changes in the account settings?

If you are using Microsoft account to login, I suggest you to reset the password from the link below and check if you are able to login into your user profile.

Reset your password



If you have changed your user login password, I suggest you to enter the password and check if are able to login into your user profile.



The issue you are facing with is unclear to assist you further. Please write back to us with the detailed description of the issue you are facing with to assist you further regarding the same.



Thank you.