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‎12-09-2019 09:49 PM

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Product: HP Laptop 15-bs0xx
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I forgot my sign in password of administrator account and i also lost my password recovery disc, but i have another account which is not administrator account but i know password of it

Can i reset password of administrator account?

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‎12-10-2019 08:21 AM

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@Shaishavbhavsar 

Probably NOT -- as you would need Admin rights to reset the password of the account that is part of the Administrators group.



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‎12-10-2019 08:21 AM

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@Shaishavbhavsar 

Probably NOT -- as you would need Admin rights to reset the password of the account that is part of the Administrators group.



I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
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‎12-10-2019 08:47 AM

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So what can i do now in order to use my laptop and i am not able to run new software through this non admin account, even i am not able to uninstall expired antivirus.

Can i format it? Or make new admin account? 

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