Mar 05 2023 10:21 PM
I have a home pc that changed the password two week ago. Unfortunately, I forgot to save the password like I did in the past. Now, I can't login the PC and unable to get to the Windows 11 desktop. Is there any way to remove password from Windows 11 without losing data? I tried Ophcrack password recovery tool but it does not work on a Windows 11 PC.
Mar 06 2023 06:26 PM - edited Oct 23 2023 12:28 AM
Yes, there are a few methods to remove the password from a Windows 11 PC without losing data. Here are the steps:
Method 1: Use an Administrator Account
If you have another user account with administrator privileges, you can use that account to remove the password from your account.
Now, you can restart your computer and log in to your user account without a password.
Method 2: Use a Password Reset Disk
If you have created a password reset disk before forgetting your password, you can use it to reset your password.
Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/reset-your-windows-local-account-password
Method 3: Use Windows Password Recovery Tool
If you don't have an administrator account or a password reset disk, you can use a Windows password recovery tool like iSeePassword Windows Password Recovery to remove the password from your account.
Source: https://www.iseepassword.com/online-help/windows-password-recovery.html
These methods should help you remove the password from your Windows 11 PC without losing data. However, if you have encrypted files or folders, you may need to use the original password to access them.
Mar 06 2023 10:27 PM
@Symonds1905 I will go and test out the WinPassGo tool as you suggested as I don't have a password reset disk. In addition, there are only one local account on this PC.
Mar 08 2023 04:30 AM
Mar 08 2023 09:05 AM - edited Mar 08 2023 09:48 AM
You need another administrator account in order to do so.
In your Terminal, type:
net user USERNAME NEWPASSWORD
or
net user USERNAME *
to change it discretely. Here, it will ask you to type your password which will be invisible and where you can input nothing.
or
Use your recovery disk which is safer than 3rd party tools.
You could clean install and you'll lose your apps, but your files will be there if you do it right. Hopefully, you have your Bitlocker key if activated, at least.
Mar 09 2023 10:46 PM
Mar 10 2023 12:35 PM
May 23 2023 09:55 PM
Windows Key,
Go to Settings,
Accounts
Under account settings click "Your Info" tab, here you should account settings see something like "sign in with Local account"
click that option and leave username and password blank if it ask.
should soft reboot to main screen
hit enter
Jun 28 2023 04:33 AM
@Symonds1905 So, I, for one, worried about the constant, although "unsuccessful" login attempts from Asia, Middle East, etc., decided, under Microsoft's advice, to get rid of my Windows password and use Microsoft's Authenticator on my phone instead. For a while it worked fine, the hundreds of malicious login attempts disappeared! Yet, starting this week, once again my Microsoft Authenticator keeps sending me login authorization requests, again from malicious players trying to access my Windows account. I have checked for viruses using a number of well known, and well rated, antivirus programs and all report neither bugs nor rootkits. I have ran a number of off-line virus checks with the same results. Is it that Windows Security is, once again, failing?
Oct 22 2023 05:22 PM
Just change your password and when you get to the screen to enter a new one, leave it blank. Then it will auto log you in with no password from now on.
Nov 11 2023 03:59 PM
I have followed your instruction selecting windows key plus x) to bring up the tabs and selected Computer Management pop up. After spending several minutes exploring this pop up to my dismay, there is no "User" to right click on.
I no longer have a need for a password or PIN for my PC. I found to get rid of the PIN, but am now stuck with a password.
Dec 25 2023 11:17 PM
As usual this is horrible advice. None of this is applicable to my computer. There is no "USERS". I NEVER asked to use a password and I NEVER. EVER gave microsoft permission to FORCE me to use a password. Microsoft did this to my computer during an update. They infected my computer. I'm at my God damned house. I don't want a password for MY OWN COMPUTER that I BOUGHT. I just want to go up to my own computer in my own home and use it. I don't want to use a password. I can actually trust my family. The owner of this company has a lot to hide on his computer and needs a password, but my family isn't like that. We're decent people and we don't want to HAVE to use a password
Dec 25 2023 11:17 PM