If you want to change computer password, you can find out specific solutions from this tutorial. We’ll detail the operations of resetting the PC password.
“I forget my PC password, so I cannot open my PC. I want to change my PC password, which is linked to my Microsoft account. How can I do this? How to change a computer password on Windows 10? Thanks.
- Question from forums.tomshardware.com
Recently, since Microsoft asked users to use the Microsoft account, the users may change the PC account and password times, then forgetting the latest password is inevitable. The password can work as a guard to protect the data on the PC, but once you lose it, it may cause much time and energy to get into your PC.
Forgeting computer password can be so tricky that we cannot open the PC to handle our work. Thus, in this article, we’ll aim to discuss some effective solutions to change computer passwords.
In this part, we’ll share 5 methods on how to change a computer password. Please skip to the specific ways that can help you actually.
To prevent forgetting the password, some users may choose to set security questions. If they forget the PC password for reasons, they can quickly reset the password and unlock their PC with these security questions.
Step 1. When you type the false password, you can see the following interface, click “Reset password”.
Step 2. If you set the security questions before, you will be turned to these questions, answer them. Then you can set a new password and open your locked PC.
The Windows installation disk also can help you when you lose the PC password. Here’s how it works.
Step 1. Connect the installation disk to your PC, then boot the computer from it. When the Windows installing screen appears, press “Shift +F10” to turn to the CMD tool.
Step 2. Type “copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\” and “copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe”, then press “Enter”. Turn out the installation disk, and perform the“wpeutil reboot” command to reboot your PC.
Step 3. When you see the logging-in interface, press “Shift” for 5 times. The CMD will appear again, then input “net user cocosenor *” and press “Enter”, you’ll be asked to type a password for user, press “Enter” to set the password blank.
Step 4. Restart your HP laptop, you can see your PC can be unlocked without password.
Microsoft account is the account created in Active Directory service, it can access the resources of any PC with the verified account or specific Microsoft account. While the local account can only access the current PC logging the local account. If the password is for the Microsoft account, you can try Microsoft Account Recovery.
Step 1. Open the office window of Microsoft password reset, type the email or the phone number, then click “Next”.
Step 2. This tool will verify your identity, tick “Email” and click “Next”.
Step 3. When you’re verified, you can reset the Microsoft password.
The password reset disk can help you to reset the lost password. If you have created it before losing the password, you can reset the password with it.
Step 1. Input the wrong password, then you can click “Reset password” in the unlocked interface.
Step 2. Click “Next” to continue the steps to reset your password.
Step 3. Choose the key disk in the following drive and click “Next”.
Step 4. Set a new password and new password hint, click “Next”.
Step 5. When the password is changed, click “Finish”.
You can also change the password on the Microsoft account website, the details are as follows.
Step 1. Click the logging option on the Microsoft account website, then input the email and click “Next”.
Step 2. Input the password and click the forgetting password. Then type an alternative email address, input the CAPTCHA characters and click “Next”.
Step 3. In the new window, input the code sent to the email and click “Verify”. Follow the web to set all, click “Next”. If no enough information is provided, you’ll be asked to add more information.
AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional is a powerful utility for changing computer passwords, it is accessible on Windows 11/10/8/7/XP/Vista. It can meet all your needs to reset the PC password.
By creating a bootable disk, it can help you to reset passwords on any PC running the same Windows OS, so you needn’t worry about being refused to open your PC. Unlike the disk reset disk, you can easily create the bootable USB and reset the password with it, even when you forget the computer password.
Besides, if you want to reset your PC password on Windows Server, you can directly turn to the Server Version. What’s more, this almighty tool can also manage the hard disk with other functions, including Split partition, Clone hard drive, Move installed programs to another drive, PC defragment, etc.
Let’s see how to change password on computer.
Step 1. Connect a USB with another PC that can work normally, then download and open this tool, select "Tools"> “Reset Windows Password”.
Step 2. You’ll be mentioned to create a bootable USB, click “Next”.
Step 3. In the new window, select the USB boot device and click “Proceed”.
Step 4. Carefully read the words about creating bootable USB, then click “Yes”.
Step 5. Wait for a while, it will take some minutes to create the password reset USB, then click “Finish”.
Step 6. Take out the USB of the current PC, insert it into the locked laptop, then restart it. You’ll change the boot drive, boot the PC from the created USB, then choose the OS and click “Next”.
Step 7. All accounts on your PC will be displayed, choose one and tick “Remove Account Password” or “Reset Account Password”, then click “Next”.
Step 8. Choose “Reset Account Password”, you can set the new password and click “Yes”.
When you lose the PC password, it’s difficult to open your PC. In this post, we have shared 6 methods to help you reset the computer password, if you don’t want to perform complex tasks, the AOMEI Partition Assistant can be your best friend.