Forgot Administrator password

[cdsalas1988]

What if you don't have a secret admin show up? I tried to open in safe mode and it's just my account popping up.

[flandyte]

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@danysym wrote:

Reset Windows 10/8/7 password with CMD. Key steps:

Step 1: Logon your Windows as administrator(You also can logon Safe Mode with Command Prompt, pressing F8 when restart your computer, hit up/down key to choose Safe Mode with Command Prompt and hit Enter).

Step 2: Click on Start, type cmd in the Run box or Search box and press Enter.

Step 3: Type net user, all user accounts of your computer will be listed.

Step 4: Type net user “UserName” “NewPassword”(replace UerName and NewPassword with yours), press Enter, then the password will be reset as new one and you can logon Windows 7/Vista with it. You also can use a program base on CMD.

Read more if you like: How to reset forgotten Windows admin password.

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One of the best suggestions from this thread. Many of the others are not valid in 2019 as Windows 10 has changed the security policy dramatically. Worked great on my HP Envy laptop