How to Perform Computer Password Reset

Scenario: How to reset my computer password

The PC password can prevent our data from being stolen, but when the password has been set for a long time, you may forget it. It is bothersome to forget the PC password, because you will be limited to opening your PC without the right password.

To unlock your PC, resetting the password can be a good idea. If you don’t know how to perform computer password reset, read on, this post will provide 5 methods to make it comes true.

5 effective methods to perform computer password reset 

When asking how to reset a computer password online, there may be many answers. In this section, we will show 5 practical methods to change the computer password on Windows.

▶ Method 1. Answer the security questions

How to reset password on computer? By default, you’ll be advised to set some security questions when you create the PC password. If you set up the security questions before, you can easily change the forgotten password.

Step 1. Randomly input some number and press “Enter”, you can see the interface below, click “Reset Password”.

Step 2. In the new interface, answer the security questions, then you can reset the PC password.

 ▶ Method 2. Reset Microsoft password

Microsoft account refers to the PC account created by Microsoft, it allows you to access the applications store, OneDrive, etc. Different from the local account, it won’t disappear when you reinstall the Windows system.

Since you need to add Email to create a Microsoft account, if the Microsoft account is set as your PC password, you can reset it with Microsoft Account Recovery.

Step 1. Open Microsoft password reset in another PC, type the Email address or phone number, then click “Next”.

Step 2. Tick the Email option and click “Next” to verify your identity.

Step 3. Then you can reset the forgotten password, click “Next” to save the new password.

 ▶ Method 3. Reset computer password with password reset disk

If you have created the password reset disk before losing the password, you can reset computer password quickly.

Step 1. Insert the created password reset disk to your PC, click “Reset password”.

Step 2. The “Password Reset Wizard” will run, please read the note and then click “Next”.

Step 3. In the small window, select a password key disk and click “Next”.

Step 4. Then you can reset the PC password and password hint, click “Next”.

Step 5. Finally, click “Finish” to complete the password changing operation.

 ▶ Method 4. Factory reset the computer

If the mentioned methods cannot work on resetting your PC password, how to reset your computer password? Factory resetting the PC may be an alternative method. However, all data stored on the PC will be deleted. If there are no important files on your computer, you can follow these steps to reset the password.

Step 1. Press “Windows + I”, then click “System”, “Recovery” and “Reset PC” in order. In the new interface, click “Remove everything”.

Step 3. Then follow the guide to reset your PC, the whole process may take about 2 hours.

 ▶ Method 5. Reset PC password via password reset expert

Don’t want to delete the data on your PC? When the previous methods cannot perfectly deal with your problem, you can turn to a reliable third-party utility- AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional to perform computer password reset.

Effectively running on Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP devices, this powerful software supports you to create a password reset disk, and then reset the computer password. In addition, whether removing or resetting the password won’t cause any data loss.

What’s more, this tool can play another role as a disk manager, so you can execute the common disk managing functions, including Clone hard drive, Defreg disk or partition, Allocate free space to extend one drive, etc.

Tip: To meet the requirement of the Windows Server users, we also provide the Server Version to reset a PC password.

Step 1. Insert a USB into another PC that can be unlocked, then download and open this tool on it, click “Tools” in the top pane, and then hit “Reset Windows Password” from the menu.

Step 2. A small window will pop out, read the words carefully to know how to create the bootable USB, then click “Next”.

Step 3. In the new popped window, select the USB device and click “Proceed”.

Step 4. Read the sentences in the window and click “Yes”.

Step 5. Wait patiently, then the password reset USB will be created, click “Finish” when the interface shows the task is finished.

Step 6. Move out the bootable USB from the PC and insert it on your computer, then restart it. Change the boot drive and boot the PC from the created USB, then choose the Windows system and click “Next”.

Step 7. All accounts on the PC will be listed on the window, click your target account and tick “Reset Account Password”, click “Next”.

Step 8. In the new window, you can set a new password, and then click “Yes”. Close this tool and restart your PC, you will be able to unlock your PC with the new password.

Epilogue

This is a full guide for you to perform computer password reset. In this post, you can get 5 methods to reset the missing password, please choose the simplest one for yourself. If you want to enjoy the most user-friendly service and easiest methods to reset the password, please try the AOMEI Partition Assistant.