Windows 10: Safemode triggers a forgotten admin password on reboot

Discus and support Safemode triggers a forgotten admin password on reboot in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hi,I just adjusted my msconfig to boot is safemode but in doing so on the reboot it asks me for a password that I can remember. This happened once... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by RockySmith, May 29, 2023.

  1. Safemode triggers a forgotten admin password on reboot


    Hi,I just adjusted my msconfig to boot is safemode but in doing so on the reboot it asks me for a password that I can remember. This happened once before and I used the tips here to trigger repair menu, to get a command prompt and change out of safemode that way, but this time when I select command prompt, it doesn't pop open, but instead does a restart 1st and on reboot asks for my unknow password... I hope I haven't locked myself out for good now. Please help if you can?

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    RockySmith, May 29, 2023
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  2. Namslas90 Win User

    admin password?

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

    *Toast :toast:
     
    Namslas90, May 29, 2023
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  3. 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
     
  4. Kol12 Win User

    Safemode triggers a forgotten admin password on reboot

    Forgotten admin password.

    Thanks guys. Just confirming that the instructions have worked and all of the account passwords are sorted out. Passwords have been stored securely so they won't be lost again!

    One thing I noticed after creating the temp admin account is that you need to change it to a standard account afterwards otherwise it will be the primary admin account.
     
    Kol12, May 29, 2023
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