Windows 10: The Startup Repair function is prompting for my Windows password. I have no Windows...

Windows 10 has crashed on my laptop computer. The Startup Repair function is prompting for my Windows password. I have no Windows password on my laptop computer of which I am aware. How should I proceed?

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Windows Startup password

Is it possible to remove a startup password without being able to log into the system? A friend's laptop just prompt her today for a password that she never enabled. Now, she does have a standard user account password, but that doesn't work for the startup password. She had the computer for about a year now and it has never asked for a startup password until today.

I tried to use Hiren Boot CD to run a diagnostic on the laptop, but it has a bsod. Windows 10 normal boot crashes as well

 

Windows Startup password

Yes, I'm sure there wasn't a Microsoft account on the laptop. When I set it up, she didn't want one

So I had to do a factory restore on the laptop. All boot methods would crash. I found out the owner was duped into giving a scammer access to her computer. That's how the startup password got set.

See its not the same as the account login password prompt

Thanks for the link! I will most definitely save it and use it when needed

 

admin password?

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

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