Lose Administrator Password on Windows 10| Here Are Solutions

About Administrator password 

The Administrator is a default ID on the Windows system, it allows you to access all programs on the PC with the Administrator account. You can do everything on your PC, such as install new applications, remove private files, change system settings, etc.

The Administrator account provides high safety for PC management. When Windows users try to perform the operations with managing permissions, they need to pass the UAC (User Account Control). So there will be a prompt, if you’re the Administrator account, you just need to click “Yes”; if not, you must input the PC managing certification.

What can I do when I forget the Administrator password?

Generally, many users may set the Administrator password as their PC password so that they can manage their PC with the Administrator account. But if the Windows 10 Administrator password lose, they cannot open the PC. What an annoying thing!

Therefore, to regain the commission to get into and manage your PC, please refer to the next part, 4 methods will be shared to reset the Administrator password on Windows 10.

How to change an Administrator password

It’s necessary to use the Administrator account, so when you forget the passwords and are rejected to open the computer, you can try the following methods to change Windows 10 administrator password.

✿ Method 1. Reset the password with prepared password reset disk

When talking about password resetting, you may be recommended to do it with a password reset disk. Actually, if you have prepared it before forgetting the password, the operation is completely simple. On the contrary, this method is useless.

Step 1. Once you input the wrong password, click “Reset password” in the interface below.

Step 2. You’ll be turned to the Password Reset Wizard, click “Next”.

Step 3. Insert the created password reset disk, then choose the password key disk in the following drive and click “Next”.

Step 4. In the new interface, type the password and password hint, then click “Next”.

Step 5. When you see “Completing the Password Reset Wizard”, click “Finish”.

 ✿ Method 2. Reset the password via Command Prompt

CMD is another tool for you to change the password on the Windows system, with some commands input, you can handle the problem of getting into the PC. How to find the Administrator password on Windows 10 using Command Prompt? Here are the detailed steps.

Step 1. In the Windows logging interface, press “Shift” and click “Restart” at the same time, click “Troubleshoot”.

Step 2. Click “Advanced options” and then select “Command Prompt”.

Step 3. In the CMD window, input “diskpart” and press “Enter” to run Diskpart.

Step 4. Input “list volume” and press “Enter”, you’ll see all the volumes, remember the drive letter of the system drive. Then type “exit” and press “Enter” to leave the Diskpart.

Step 5. Type “move E:\windows\system32\utilman.exe E:\” and press “Enter”, then you can move the utilman.exe file to the root directory of the system drive.

Step 6. Input “copy E:\windows\system32\cmd.exe E:\windows\system32\utilman.exe”, then press “Enter” to copy the cmd.exe file to the target path.

Step 7. Input “wpeutil reboot” and press “Enter”.

Step 8. Click the human icon and type net user “Leah George” 2022 to as the new password, then press “Enter”. Input “exit” and hit “Enter”, then you can enter the new password to log in to your PC.

 ✿ Method 3. Reset the Administrator password with Email

If the Administrator account is not a local account, you’re lucky to easily reset the lost password with Email or phone number.

Step 1. Open Microsoft Account recovery official page, input the related email ( phone number or Skype name) and click “Next”.

Step 2. Microsoft will check your identity, tick the related Email and click “Next”.

Step 3. When your identification is verified, then reset the Administrator password and click “Next”.

A much simpler method to change the Administrator password

If you want to avoid complex and difficult commands, for the wrong commands will cause unexpected data loss. Here, you can try some third-party software to change the Administrator password on Windows 10, such as the powerful AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional.

When you forget the passwords, this tool will create a new Windows password reset USB on Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP. Compared with the Windows password reset disk, it is more practical, because you can create it and then reset the password even when you forget the password.

Here are the detailed steps to reset the Administrator password with it.

Step 1. Insert the target USB into another working PC, download and run this powerful utility. At the top pane, select “Tools” > “Reset Windows Password”.

Step 2. You need to create a bootable USB, click “Next”.

Step 3. In the popped window, choose a USB boot device and click “Proceed”.

Step 4. Read the sentences about creating a bootable USB, then click “Yes”.

Step 5. The tool will take some minutes to create the password reset USB, click “Finish” when the USB is created.

Step 6. Poll out the USB of the current PC, then insert it into your PC, restart it. You’ll be asked to change the boot drive, boot the PC from the created USB, then choose the OS and click “Next”.

Step 7. Choose one account, then tick “Remove Account Password” or “Reset Account Password”, click “Next”.

Step 8. Choose “Reset Account Password”, then you can set the new password and click “Yes” to store the changes.  

Note: Other practical functions are provided for you, including Delete Large Files, App Mover, Allocate Free Space, Convert system disk between MBR and GPT, etc.

Final line

When you’re beset with forgetting the Administrator password on Windows 10, you can try the solutions shared in this tutorial. As you can feel, the AOMEI Partition Assistant can be the simplest option for your to deal with the problem.

By the way, when you want to get into a Windows Server PC without password, the Server Version can help you.