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Forgot Windows 10 password and locked out of computer? How can you regain access to the computer without data loss? No matter you are using the local account or Microsoft account, the only way for you to unlock the Windows login is to reset Windows 10 forgotten password. You can find 4 effective ways here to reset Windows 10 forgotten password on PC/laptop/tablet.
Tips: If you are going to reset the Windows 10 Microsoft account, you can choose the top 2 methods. In addition, the first two ways both need the help of another accessible Windows computer.
Microsoft account is one account for all things related to Microsoft. You can use it to login Windows computer, or access many Microsoft devices and services. It is convenient for you to manage it on Microsoft official website. Therefore, if you forgot the Windows 10 Microsoft account password, you can go to https://account.live.com/password/reset website to reset your Microsoft account password online for free. But you need an accessible computer with the internet-connected to make it done.
The procedure of Windows 10 Microsoft account password reset online is the same as Windows 8/8.1 Microsoft account password reset. You just need to follow the on-screen instructions to reset the Windows 10 Microsoft account password.
Note: Locked out of Windows 10 and No Internet to Reset Password
There is another way to reset the Microsoft account password—using the third-party tool iSunshare Windows 10 Password Genius. You can also use it to reset the local account password. It is safely and effectively to reset or remove the Windows 10 login password with this software. There is no damage or any data loss after the Windows password reset.
iSunshare Windows 10 Password Geniuscan help you to create a bootable USB or CD on an accessible computer. Then you can boot the locked Windows 10 computer from the bootable USB or CD. After that, you are able to reset all of Windows 10 user account password on the locked computer.
Now let's see how easy it is to reset Windows 10 forgotten password for local account and Microsoft account by using iSunshare Windows 10 Password Genius.
In order to reset Windows 10 forgotten password successfully, you need to get the full version of iSunshare Windows 10 Password Genius on an accessible computer.
What you need to prepare:
When everything is in ready, you need to install and run iSunshare Windows 10 Password Genius on the accessible Windows computer. Meanwhile, insert the removal device into the computer and make it recognized. After that, on the software interface, choose device type: USB device or CD/DVD-ROM.
Then the software will lead you to an interface where you can select the inserted removal device as the destination to burn iSunshare program. When you find and select the burning device from the drop-down list, you can click the Begin burning button and confirm the formatting action on the selected device. After that, Wait for the successful message and click OK to end the bootable devices burning.
If it is a cd recovery disk, please refer to set computer boot from CD drive.
1. When iSunshare Windows 10 Password Genius runs successfully on your locked Windows 10 computer, confirm the "Windows 10" system and user account you want to reset password.
2. Select the local account (or Microsoft account) from user list, tap on Reset Password and Yes button. Instantly Windows 10 local account password will be reset.
3. Tap on Reboot now and instantly eject the USB or CD from the Windows 10 computer. Then your computer can boot from the hard drive without password-required.
Note:
Moreover, you can also create new administrator account when cannot sign in Windows 10 when you successfully boot from the created USB/ CD device. It is the unique benefits when you reset the password with iSunshare Windows 10 Password Genius.
Microsoft has taking the issue that you forgot the Windows login password into consideration so that it will recommend you to create the password reset disk when you set the local account login password. If you want to utilize this way to reset the Windows 10 forgotten password, you should have created such a Windows password reset disk for the local account when the computer is accessible.
1. Select the local user on Windows 10 login screen.
2. Type a wrong password in box and press Enter.
3. While you are prompted with "Password is incorrect", click OK and you see the link Reset password.
4. Plug password reset disk into Windows 10 computer and click on link "Reset password".
5. Then follow Password Reset Wizard to reset or remove Windows 10 password with reset disk.
Compared to the first three methods, this way is more difficult and only works for local account. You can make good use of the Windows 10 install disc to reset the Windows 10 local account password without losing data. The process will involve in changing system registry file using command lines. If you are very familiar with Windows 10 system and command prompt and have lots of time for password resetting, you can try this free method.
1. Boot locked Windows 10 computer from Windows 10 install CD.
2. Press Shift + F10 to open Command Prompt.
3. Type following command lines to make a copy of utilman.exe, and replace utilman.exe with cmd.exe. Please make sure the location of the utilman.exe and cmd.exe saved on your locked computer. Otherwise, don't run the commands.
Then remove Windows 10 installation CD from computer and restart Windows 10 with command "wpeutil reboot". Once go to Windows 10 login screen, click the icon Utility Manager at the right-bottom side and Command Prompt will run instead on login screen.
Just type following commands in Command Prompt window to reset Windows 10 forgotten local account password. For example, type "net user isunshare abc" and press Enter.
At last, it is necessary to reboot Windows 10 computer again from installation disc and restore utilman.exe, if you want to run Utility Manager normally on login screen after that. Learn more about how to Reset Windows 10 Local Admin Password Using Command Prompt if you are interested in windows command lines for Windows password reset.
Summary:
In words, iSunshare Windows 10 Password Genius is the best alternative to free Windows 10 password reset software while you are locked out of Windows 10 computer and have no password reset disk. Works faster and more easily than Windows 10 installation disc.
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