Windows 10: Used “netplwiz” to change computer name .. now can not login .. forgot password

I changed the name using “netplwiz”.. now I am trying to login but it says “Your password was changed on a different device. You must sign into this device with your new password and the. You can sign in with your PIN.“I remember the PIN but don’t remember the password .My laptop has only one user

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Changing computer name screw up my automatic login

Same issue.

How I resolved it was by doing the following:

• disable auto login under netplwiz
• restart computer and choose the "forgot your password" option under your Microsoft account login (not the pseudo login with no picture)
• changing the password
• re-enabling automatic login under netplwiz
• restart your computer to check

Hopefully this helps people out with a somewhat simple solution (even if it's a bit annoying).

 

No login password craziness

Brink, that was the missing step. What threw me off was in netplwiz, where it asks about password for my MS account, the user name was not the same as my MS account name. Once I entered the password (twice) I can now login without entering a password. In fact the name that was listed was not the MS account name, but a folder name. The folder is the one that shows when you click on C:\Users.
Thanks for the help.

 

20H2 Netplwiz no longer has auto login

devnull;2184966-So, I disabled the indicated setting, "Require a password when a computer wakes (plugged in)", in gpedit.msc, and now Sign-in options looks like this:



But netplwiz has _not_ changed; the problem remains.Any further suggestions would be appreciated.

My Accounts settings page shows the 'Requires Windows Hello' option which yours does not. I looked at my netplwiz and also did not have "Users Must Enter a User Name and Password to Use This Computer” checkbox. When I un-checked the Hello option (I do use Hello PIN) as in screenshot, "Users Must Enter a User Name and Password to Use This Computer” checkbox now appears in netplwiz. Why Hello option is not there may be due to your 'gpedit.msc' but that seems to explain why checkbox is missing in netplwiz. Re-enable password option in gpedit.msc and see if you can duplicate my 'Hello' option section. Good Luck