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LizzieC333
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Jun 18, 2022

Locked out of Windows 10

Hi, my Dad is locked out of his laptop because he put the local pw in too many times with caps lock on. It said wait two hours with it switched on but after 6 hours still says the same and won’t accept the correct password. He’s tried rebooting too. I don’t know what to suggest. Please can anyone help. 🙏

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      LizzieC333
      Copper Contributor
      Jun 19, 2022

      KapilArya thanks so much for your reply. The sign in actually worked ok after another few hours so he logged in ok. I’ll keep a note of your blog though in case I need it in the future. It’s probably not something I could do on the phone with him though as he’s in his 80s and we’re not in the same country! Really appreciate you taking the time to reply.

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        Jun 19, 2022

        Hi LizzieC333 

        I think a pin of 4 digits in a local account would be the easiest to remember.

        https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-a-local-user-or-administrator-account-in-windows-20de74e0-ac7f-3502-a866-32915af2a34d