How to Reset Windows 10 Forgotten Password Without losing Data

hello everyone in this video we will show you three methods to reset your forgotten Windows 10 password without using any software or losing any data many people often find themselves stuck at the Windows login screen as they forget their password and can't get into their computer again that's what we'll be resolving today method one the first method is pretty straightforward whenever prompted for the password you type in any password you remember then hit enter click on okay you'll find a reset password option if you get this click on it during your Windows 10 setup you've answered some security questions if you remember those answers you enter them here and follow the instructions to reset the password if this method works for you then great problem solved but if it doesn't let's proceed to Method two method two look at this accessibility icon at the bottom right hand corner the goal here is to convert this accessibility menu into a command prompt to do this press and hold the shift key and click rest start under the power icon once your system restarts into the advanced options navigate from troubles shoot to Advanced option then to a command prompt you'll need to type certain commands which I'll also leave in the video description type c colon CD Windows CD system 32 Ren utilman.exe space utilman.exe Ren cmd.exe space .exe exit after doing so you'll then click continue to restart your system back to the login screen you click the accessibility icon again it will this time open up a command prompt was here type control user passwords too hit enter which opens up the user passwords page from this new window select your username and reset your [Music] password if the reset password option is not avail available you're probably not using a local account but are instead signed in with a Microsoft account in this case you need to reset your Microsoft account password on the official Microsoft [Music] website after setting your new password you'll be able to log into your desktop directly finally after doing this you need to revert the action so that the accessibility icon again opens the accessibility menu and not the command prompt to do this press and hold the shift key and click restart under the power icon once your system restarts into the advanced options navigate from troubleshoot to Advanced op then to command prompt type c Colon D Windows CD system 32 Ren utilman.exe space cmd.exe Ren utilman.exe space utilman.exe then hit enter exit then click continue to restart your system method three if you're prompted for a password to access the command prompt during this method you'll need a Windows 10 bootable USB drive to reset password we have created a separate video about how to create a bootable USB drive please check in video description insert the bootable USB drive access the BIOS or boot order settings to set the drive to boot first and restart your computer when you see the installation screen press shift and to open the command prompt here command prompt will open without password and here simply follow the steps shown in method 2 we hope this video helps you access your Windows 10 system again conveniently remember to like comment and subscribe for more helpful tutorials thank you

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Length: 6min 5sec (365 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 03 2024