Not only if you forget your password, but also if you want to access a Windows PC without knowing it, we see here an easy way to enter any PC, your own or even another. All the methods described here are easy, do not require the use of external programs and can be performed by anyone without requiring special technical skills. Also there will be no risk of losing data or files.
The way to do this is to open the Control Panel to the User Accounts section where you will find on the left side, if you are using a local account, the option to create a " Password Reset Disk ". This utility allows you to create a USB stick that can reset the Windows login password in case the password is forgotten. Obviously the password reset disk tool should be used before forgetting the password.
Now, when the login screen appears with the login to access the computer, you can press the Accessibility icon in the lower right corner.
Following the change made to the Utilman file, instead of the accessibility options screen, the command prompt will open. Here you just need to write and run the following command:
control userpasswords2
A new window will then open with the " Reset password " button to modify the existing one and put a new one.
By restarting the PC, you can then log in with the new registered password .
Alternatively you can also use the command
net user "Username" New-password
To set the new login password directly for that specified username. In the end, remember to rename the Utilman file to cmd and the Utilman1 file to Utilman .
This method can work on any computer, even a not really one, but you have to be careful in this case, because if you change your password, the owner of the PC will immediately discover that someone has done this and will not be able to access in turn. In the screen that resets the password you can still disable the option that " to access this computer you must enter your name and password ", to bypass the password request.
A variant of this trick, which requires the Windows 10 installation CD, can work to login without a password with a new administrator account, without therefore touching the password of the computer user account.
Article Index
- Password reset disk
- Reset Windows 10 password if you can log in
- Reset the Microsoft account password used to log in
- Change Windows 10 password when PC starts
- Programs to reset your Windows 10 password
Password reset disk creation
If you set a password that is difficult to remember or in any case you do not want to risk losing it, in Windows 7 Windows 8 and Windows 10 you can create a password recovery disk (CD or USB stick) so that you can reset and restore it easily.The way to do this is to open the Control Panel to the User Accounts section where you will find on the left side, if you are using a local account, the option to create a " Password Reset Disk ". This utility allows you to create a USB stick that can reset the Windows login password in case the password is forgotten. Obviously the password reset disk tool should be used before forgetting the password.
Reset Windows 10 password after logging in with PIN
If you always use the PIN or other unlocking methods to access Windows 10 and you have forgotten the main password, you can reset it in this way to reset it.- Press the Windows and X keys simultaneously and click on Command Prompt (administrator) or, if it does not appear, search from the Start menu cmd and open the command prompt as administrator.
- Then type the following command replacing account_name with the account name used and entering a new password:
net user account_name new_password - Press Enter
Windows 10 password reset if using a Microsoft account
If you use a Microsoft account on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 instead, you can always ask for the reset of the Microsoft account password by going to the webpage //account.live.com/ResetPassword.aspx. In this case, you will need to enter the email address used for the Microsoft account or the phone number registered in the account.Reset your Windows 10 password if you can't log in
If you forget your password and get stuck at the Windows 10 login request, you can still reset this password and log in to the account used. The Windows 10 password reset trick works well, it's easy, safe and with no side effects.- When you get to the Windows 10 login screen, hold down the Shift key, press the power button and then click Restart .
- The computer will boot into the Recovery screen: here you have to press the Troubleshoot button, then on Advanced Options and Finally on " System Image Recovery ".
- Click on " Select a system image " and go on .
- On the next page, click on the " Advanced " button.
- Use the " Install a driver " option and press OK.
- When the file explorer window opens, go to drive C (the drive where Windows is installed) and go to the C: \ Windows \ System32 folder.
- Look for the file " Utilman " and rename it in another way, for example Utilman1 .
- Next, look for " cmd " in the same folder and give this file the name Utilman .
- Now you can close the window and restart your computer without obviously doing any image recovery.
Now, when the login screen appears with the login to access the computer, you can press the Accessibility icon in the lower right corner.
Following the change made to the Utilman file, instead of the accessibility options screen, the command prompt will open. Here you just need to write and run the following command:
control userpasswords2
A new window will then open with the " Reset password " button to modify the existing one and put a new one.
By restarting the PC, you can then log in with the new registered password .
Alternatively you can also use the command
net user "Username" New-password
To set the new login password directly for that specified username. In the end, remember to rename the Utilman file to cmd and the Utilman1 file to Utilman .
This method can work on any computer, even a not really one, but you have to be careful in this case, because if you change your password, the owner of the PC will immediately discover that someone has done this and will not be able to access in turn. In the screen that resets the password you can still disable the option that " to access this computer you must enter your name and password ", to bypass the password request.
A variant of this trick, which requires the Windows 10 installation CD, can work to login without a password with a new administrator account, without therefore touching the password of the computer user account.
Reset your Windows 10 password using external programs
If instead you want to bypass the password request on a PC and you want to reset the Windows password, there are several tools to reset the password to access the Windows computer .- OphCrack is a live CD with which to start the computer that actually serves to find the password for accessing Windows stored for a user or for the administrator.
- KonBoot allows you to access Windows without a password
- Lazesoft Recover My Password is a free application to reset the password of any Windows operating system, including Windows 10, 8, 7 , . Through this program, using another computer, you can prepare the CD or USB stick with which you can access the PC without a password. After booting from CD or USB, the program does everything automatically and allows you to reset the password of each user of your choice registered on Windows, including the Administrator.
- Another alternative tool to reset the password of Windows 7 and 8.1 is Offline NT Password & Registry Editor which I have not tested but which should work well.
