{"id":4865,"date":"2017-03-22T03:12:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T03:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=4865"},"modified":"2023-04-13T08:18:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T08:18:21","slug":"windows-10-startup-password-vs-login-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/windows-10-startup-password-vs-login-password\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 Startup Password VS Login Password"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Usually, Windows startup password is recognized as the Windows login password. But actually they are different.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Windows 10 Startup Password:<\/h3>\n<p>Windows 10 startup password is usually called <strong>SysKey password<\/strong>. It can be created with <strong>SAM Lock Tool<\/strong> and requires to be entered during system start. So Startup password begins prior to login password. And if you don&#8217;t know the password, system start will be prevented.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/windows-10-startup-password.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4869\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"351\" height=\"177\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4869 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/windows-10-startup-password.png\" alt=\"windows 10 startup password\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/windows-10-startup-password.png 351w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/windows-10-startup-password-300x151.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>2. Windows 10 Login Password:<\/h3>\n<p>Windows 10 login password is also called Windows 10 user password. It is the user account\u2019 password used to sign in Windows 10, including local account password and Microsoft account password. You can create Windows 10 login password in Settings, Control Panel, Computer Management, Control Panel etc when computer is accessible. Or make full use of install cd or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-password-genius.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows 10 password reset tool<\/a> to reset or remove Windows 10 login password.<\/p>\n<p>With the simple login password, the computer could keep unauthorized users out of it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/windows-10-login-password.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4875\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"386\" height=\"177\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4875 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/windows-10-login-password.png\" alt=\"windows 10 login password\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/windows-10-login-password.png 386w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/windows-10-login-password-300x138.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After understanding what the Windows startup password and login password are created for, now continue to learn how to use them especially when you want to protect your computer.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#option1\">Set or change Windows 10 startup password<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#option2\">Set or change Windows 10 login password<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"option1\">How to set, change or remove startup password in Windows 10?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Enter &#8220;syskey&#8221; in <strong>Run<\/strong> box and click OK.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/search-windows-syskey.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4868\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"206\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4868 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/search-windows-syskey.png\" alt=\"search windows syskey\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/search-windows-syskey.png 399w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/search-windows-syskey-300x155.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Click Yes on &#8220;User Account Control&#8221; dialog to run <strong>SAM Lock Tool<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/run-sam-lock-tool.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4870\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"452\" height=\"237\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4870 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/run-sam-lock-tool.png\" alt=\"run SAM Lock Tool in Windows 10\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/run-sam-lock-tool.png 452w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/run-sam-lock-tool-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Confirm &#8220;Encryption is Enabled&#8221; and click <strong>Update<\/strong> option on pop-up dialog &#8220;Securing the Windows Account Database&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/update-windows-account-database.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4871\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"329\" height=\"227\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4871 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/update-windows-account-database.png\" alt=\"update windows account database\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/update-windows-account-database.png 329w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/update-windows-account-database-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> In following <strong>Startup Key<\/strong> dialog, you can set, change or remove startup password in Windows 10.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/change-windows-10-startup-password.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4872\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4872 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/change-windows-10-startup-password.png\" alt=\"change or remove windows 10 startup password\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-8-password\/set-startup-password-in-windows-8-8.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Set startup password<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Check <strong>Password Startup<\/strong>\u00a0and enter startup password under it. Click OK and message &#8220;The Account Database Startup Key was changed&#8221; appears.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-8-password\/change-startup-password-in-windows-8-8.1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Change startup password<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enter new password under &#8220;Password Startup&#8221; and click OK. Then type current startup password and tap &#8220;OK&#8221; to confirm changes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-8-password\/remove-startup-password-if-remember-it.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Remove startup password<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remove password under &#8220;Password Startup&#8221; option, or check <strong>System Generated Password<\/strong>. Click OK and type current startup password in following Windows Startup Password window. Tap on OK at last to <strong>remove Windows 10 startup password<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"option2\">How to set, change or remove login password in Windows 10?<\/h2>\n<p>There are so many ways available for creating, changing and removing Windows 10 password. Not only Windows Settings, Control Panel or Computer Management when the computer is accessible, but also lots of third-party Windows password recovery tool can do on locked Windows 10 computer. So if you want to get more information, please refer to the related articles listed here.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-10\/3-ways-to-create-password-for-user-account-in-windows-10.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3 ways to create password for user account in Windows 10<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-10-password\/how-to-change-windows-10-password-in-safe-mode.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3 methods to change or remove Windows 10 login password<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-10-password\/disable-windows-10-login-password.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2 ways to disable Windows 10 login password<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-10-password\/how-to-reset-windows-10-forgotten-password.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to reset Windows 10 forgotten password<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Usually, Windows startup password is recognized as the Windows login password. 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