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How Do You Bypass Windows 10 Password on a PC without Reset?
Hi all, My son's PC was locked as he forgot the login password after a recent password change. This PC asks him to reset the password every 30 days, and this is the mainly reason for this frustra...
I've been there—really frustrating when you get locked out like that! I once used iSeePasword Windows Password Recovery Pro to help out with a similar issue. It’s simple enough: just make a bootable USB, pop it into the locked PC, and it bypasses the password without messing with any files. No factory reset needed, so all the important stuff stays intact. Worked perfectly when I tried it, and definitely saved a lot of headaches!
I tried out this tutorial (worked like a charm!)
https://www.recodie.com/reset-forgotten-windows-password
Look at this picture, just select the account you want to reset the password for, then enter the new password, and that's it!
Hold the shift key down as you select restart from Windows pre-login
to get to Recovery Mode, go to "Troubleshoot", then "Advanced options", and "Startup Settings". You can access Safe Mode from there and switch to the built-in Administrator account (if it's enabled). This doesn't get you passed authentication as an admin if you don't know the admin password, If the account is disabled net user <Administrator Account> Activate:Yes will enable it and you can then reboot and log into the default local admin account. If you know the password or if the password was left blank. If you don't know the password, you have one option, and this is a little painful if you're not a technical person. You can grab a Linux distro burnt to bootable disk, User Linux Commands to Mount the System Drive and then go to the SAM account database and clear the admin password I will not provide the step-by-step instructions here, but they can be found with a google search or two "Please ensure you are the owner of the devices, or you have the owner's permission. Not doing so could lead to criminal charges. "This information comes as a possible suggestion to your problem without any warranty or guarantee of any kind that it will work for your situation". Please not that any drive that is encrypted would have to be decrypted before you could access the SAMACCOUNT database and Microsoft does not support this in anyway and recommends against it as it could lead to completely reinstalling your computers Operating System and result in 100 percent loss of data"
to get to Recovery Mode, go to "Troubleshoot", then "Advanced options", and "Startup Settings". You can access Safe Mode from there and switch to the built-in Administrator account (if it's enabled). This doesn't get you passed authentication as an admin if you don't know the admin password, If the account is disabled net user <Administrator Account> Activate:Yes will enable it and you can then reboot and log into the default local admin account. If you know the password or if the password was left blank. If you don't know the password, you have one option, and this is a little painful if you're not a technical person. You can grab a Linux distro burnt to bootable disk, User Linux Commands to Mount the System Drive and then go to the SAM account database and clear the admin password I will not provide the step-by-step instructions here, but they can be found with a google search or two "Please ensure you are the owner of the devices, or you have the owner's permission. Not doing so could lead to criminal charges. "This information comes as a possible suggestion to your problem without any warranty or guarantee of any kind that it will work for your situation". Please not that any drive that is encrypted would have to be decrypted before you could access the SAMACCOUNT database and Microsoft does not support this in anyway and recommends against it as it could lead to completely reinstalling your computers Operating System and result in 100 percent loss of data"