Windows 10: Windows Local Account lost password

Discus and support Windows Local Account lost password in User Accounts and Family Safety to solve the problem; I'm sure this gets asked a lot, but I can't find exactly what I'm looking for. A few months ago, my mom bought a laptop from Dell. She set it up... Discussion in 'User Accounts and Family Safety' started by Keirathi, Jul 22, 2016.

  1. Keirathi Win User

    Windows Local Account lost password


    I'm sure this gets asked a lot, but I can't find exactly what I'm looking for.

    A few months ago, my mom bought a laptop from Dell. She set it up with 2 local accounts, with her as the only admin account, and now she's forgotten the password.

    All the information I've found requires you to either have made a password recovery disk, or have a windows recovery disk. Her computer didn't even come with the windows recovery disk, so she has neither. I can still log into the second account, but it's not admin so I can't do anything.

    Losing the data on the computer is fine at this point; she didn't really have much, and I can backup what she did have. But again, I don't have a recovery disk so I'm not sure what to do.

    Thanks for any help!

    :)
     
    Keirathi, Jul 22, 2016
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  2. JimWynne Win User
    JimWynne, Jul 22, 2016
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  3. trouble with activation of windows 10

    Were you able to initially setup the computer?

    Try setting up Windows 10 with just a local account, the connect to a Microsoft Account after.

    How to Recover Your Lost Windows Password
     
    Andre Da Costa, Jul 22, 2016
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  4. Samuria Win User

    Windows Local Account lost password

    Welcome to the forum. We cant help cracking passwords but if its a dell you normally have either a recovery partition or an option to create dvds what is model number?
     
    Samuria, Jul 22, 2016
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  5. RolandJS Win User
    Goring forward, both of you nice folks keep a written log of exact usernames and passwords locked or hidden in a drawer somewhere.
     
    RolandJS, Jul 22, 2016
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  6. Keirathi Win User
    Dell Inspiron 15 5558.

    I tried to make a system recovery disk using the windows utility, but you have to be admin to do that.
     
    Keirathi, Jul 22, 2016
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  7. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Brink, Jul 22, 2016
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  8. Keirathi Win User

    Windows Local Account lost password

    Alright. Yea I booted into the menu before and saw the Reset option, but I wasn't sure if that was going to require a recovery disk. Hopefully it doesn't.
     
    Keirathi, Jul 22, 2016
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  9. cereberus Win User
    cereberus, Jul 22, 2016
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  10. Brink
    Brink New Member
    It won't require a password to reset Windows. *Smile
     
    Brink, Apr 5, 2018
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