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Discus and support windows 10 main account reseting in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; Hello! I have a main account on my laptop with windows 10, but the problem is, I have forgotten my password for this account and i have tried so many... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by katrina_n, Sep 25, 2019.

  1. katrina_n Win User

    windows 10 main account reseting


    Hello!

    I have a main account on my laptop with windows 10, but the problem is, I have forgotten my password for this account and i have tried so many times to recover the password, but no success. I wanted to ask for a help.

    Is there a way to restart my windows 10 and make a new main account on my laptop, so that the old one is deleted and in a way that it keeps all my files , pictures, documents and everything else on my laptop and does not delete?

    :)
     
    katrina_n, Sep 25, 2019
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  2. Zakin Win User

    Strange Windows 10 User Account issue.

    Unfortunately I had done those steps numerous reboots, it just, reappears for no good reason. The base account isn't even a Microsoft account, it's a local account.

    I haven't quite tried the built in administrator account on W10, but so far in my experience on my own computer, the built in account seemed to have absolutely no more control than I did on my own.

    It's just strange, I go in, it warns me twice about deleting the account, then it's gone. Reboot, and it's back?

    EDIT: Just to specify, both command line and Netplwiz both say only HIS account exists on the computer, it doesn't list this rogue account. This is what I meant in my first post about the fact that even Windows doesn't seem to believe it exists, HALF the time. *Frown windows 10 main account reseting :(
     
    Zakin, Sep 25, 2019
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  3. Ahhzz Win User
    Windows 10 Tweaks

    As you may already know, Windows 10 (as well as Windows 8) allow you to log in with a valid Microsoft account, instead of creating a local account that only works on your machine. However, you may prefer to keep a local account for privacy reasons. If you do, though, some Windows 10 features—like Cortana—may not work. Despite the default behavior, the Windows 10 Store is not one of them. You can still log in to your Microsoft account for just the Store without switching to a full Microsoft account. The process, however, is not terribly obvious. To do so, follow these steps:

    • Launch the Store from your Start menu.
    • Click the user icon next to the search box.
    • Click “Sign-in” from the menu that appears.
    • Choose “Microsoft account” and log in like normal.
    • When the “Make it yours” box appears do not enter your password. Instead, click “Sign in to just this app instead.”
    from Lifehacker
     
    Ahhzz, Sep 25, 2019
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  4. Kari Win User

    windows 10 main account reseting

    Windows 10 reset on a Star Wars special edition notebook


    There's no need to reset the laptop. Simply create a new user account for you, change its account type to administrator (all new accounts after the first initial one are standard accounts when created), sign out from the original account, sign in to your new account and finally remove the original account. Takes a few minutes, much faster than a full reset.

     
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