Windows 10: Lost Password for Windows 10

A friend passed away last week. He changed his startup password two days before he died. He did not write it down of tell his wife that he did. Now she is unable to access their financial information and other important data.


Is there a way to bypass the startup password and change it to one she establishes?

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admin password?

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

*Toast :toast:

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Windows 10: Passwords seem to get lost

Hi Jackie,

In cases wherein you cannot log in to your Windows 10 computer, we need to consider if you are typing the correct password or if you are logging in to the correct account. To better assist you, we need the answers to the following questions:

• Are you using a Microsoft account or a local account to log in to your computer?
• Have you tried
  resetting your Microsoft account password?

In the event that you are using a local account on your Windows 10 PC, we suggest following the steps in this

article to reset your Windows 10 local account password.

We are looking forward to your response.