{"id":828,"date":"2013-10-28T09:03:53","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T09:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=828"},"modified":"2023-04-18T02:01:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T02:01:08","slug":"how-to-reset-login-password-for-dell-inspiron-laptop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-reset-login-password-for-dell-inspiron-laptop\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset Login Password for Dell Inspiron Laptop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;How can I <a title=\"How to Reset Login Password for Dell Inspiron Laptop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-reset-login-password-for-dell-inspiron-laptop\/\">reset the login password to my Dell Inspiron laptop<\/a>?&#8221; This question is frequently asked by Dell Inspiron laptop users, while the answers are different according to various situations. And the article will list the solutions and their steps one by one in the following paragraphs.<\/p>\n<h2>3 solutions to reset login password on Dell Inspiron laptop:<\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Solution 1:<\/strong> Reset the login password in the control panel with 5 steps if you remember the original password.<\/h3>\n<p>1. Open control panel by the process of &#8220;<strong>Start &gt;\u00a0<\/strong><strong>All Programs &gt; C<\/strong><strong>ontrol Panel<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>2. Click <strong>Add or remove user accounts<\/strong> under<strong> User Accounts and Family Safety<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11521 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/select-user-accounts-and-family-safety-768x576.webp\" alt=\"select add or remove user accounts\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. Choose the account that you want to change its password in the next screen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"541\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11522 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/choose-an-account.png\" alt=\"choose an account\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/choose-an-account.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/choose-an-account-300x271.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4. Select <strong>Change the password<\/strong> on the left side, as the red box in the following picture exhibits.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"541\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11523 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/hit-change-the-password.png\" alt=\"hit change the password\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/hit-change-the-password.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/hit-change-the-password-300x271.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>5. Enter the current password and new password, re-enter the new one for confirmation, and then click <strong>Change password<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"541\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11524 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/change-admin-password.png\" alt=\"change admin password\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/change-admin-password.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/change-admin-password-300x271.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Solution 2:<\/strong> Reset Dell Inspiron laptop login password with the help of an accessible account with administrator rights.<\/h3>\n<p>1. Access the Inspiron laptop with an account with administrator privileges.<\/p>\n<p>2. Click <strong>Start<\/strong> button, input<strong> lusrmgr.msc<\/strong> in the &#8220;Search programs and files&#8221; box, and click <strong>lusrmgr.msc<\/strong> program.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/open-lusrmgr.msc_.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-836\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/open-lusrmgr.msc_.webp\" alt=\"open lusrmgr.msc\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Open <strong>Users<\/strong> folder in the list under Local Users and Groups (Local), right-click the account you would like to reset a password and select<strong> Set password<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/right-click-an-account-in-users-folder1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"494\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-853\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/right-click-an-account-in-users-folder1.png\" alt=\"right click an account in users folder\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/right-click-an-account-in-users-folder1.png 650w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/right-click-an-account-in-users-folder1-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. Click <strong>Proceed<\/strong> when the following prompt box turns up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/hit-proceed.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-840\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/hit-proceed.webp\" alt=\"hit proceed\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. Input a new password, reenter it for confirmation, and then click<strong> OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-841\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/enter-new-password-and-reenter-it.webp\" alt=\"enter new password and reenter it\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Solution 3:<\/strong> Reset a password by creating a password reset disk. And this solution is extremely helpful when you forgot the login password to Inspiron desktop.<\/h3>\n<p>1. Download a suitable Windows password recovery software from the Internet and install it in another available computer. Actually, there are a great number of Windows password recovery tools for your choices. And among them, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-password-genius.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iSunshare Windows Password Genius<\/a> is not a bad choice. So its Professional edition is taken as an example here.<\/p>\n<p>2. Create a USB password reset disk with iSunshare Windows Password Genius Professional by the 3 sub-steps below.<\/p>\n<p>2.1 Click <strong>USB device<\/strong> in the screen which automatically appears after the software\u2019s installation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/reset-disk-way-usb.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-842\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/reset-disk-way-usb.png\" alt=\"reset disk way usb\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/reset-disk-way-usb.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/reset-disk-way-usb-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.2 Insert a bootable USB flash drive and hit <strong>Begin burning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/insert-an-usb1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"253\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/insert-an-usb1.png\" alt=\"insert an usb\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/insert-an-usb1.png 590w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/insert-an-usb1-300x128.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.3 Click<strong> OK<\/strong> as a window with information of &#8220;Burning Successfully&#8221; shows up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/usb-burning-successfully.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/usb-burning-successfully.png\" alt=\"usb burning successfully\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/usb-burning-successfully.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/usb-burning-successfully-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Make the locked Inspiron desktop boot from the USB password recovery disk with the following processes.<\/p>\n<p>3.1 Continually press <strong>F2<\/strong> or <strong>Fn+F1<\/strong> as soon as you start the laptop.<\/p>\n<p>3.2 After entering into the BIOS Setup Utility interface, select <strong>Boot<\/strong> by arrow key, choose <strong>Removable Devices<\/strong> with the arrow key, and move it to the first order by plus sign.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/boot-from-usb.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-847\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/boot-from-usb.png\" alt=\"boot from usb\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/boot-from-usb.png 640w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/boot-from-usb-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3.3 Press <strong>F10<\/strong> and <strong>Enter<\/strong> to save the changes and restart the laptop.<\/p>\n<p>4. Select a Windows and User, click <strong>Reset Password<\/strong>, and reset a code as prompted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/select-system-account.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-848\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/select-system-account.png\" alt=\"select system account\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/select-system-account.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/select-system-account-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. Click <strong>Reboot<\/strong> and press <strong>Enter<\/strong> to eject the USB disk and restart the computer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/click-reboot-and-eject-windows-password-recovery-disk.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/click-reboot-and-eject-windows-password-recovery-disk.png\" alt=\"click reboot and eject windows password recovery disk\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/click-reboot-and-eject-windows-password-recovery-disk.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/click-reboot-and-eject-windows-password-recovery-disk-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To sum up, these three solutions can be chosen according to concrete circumstances. 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