Cannot log in to your computer because you’ve forgotten the password? You must be wondering how to access computer without password. Here we will share several methods to help you regain the access to your Windows 10 PC.
Suppose you encounter one of the following situations:
✍ Scenario 1: You have bought a second-hand computer or borrowed a PC from others without being told the login password.
✍ Scenario 2: You have idled the computer for a long time or the password you set for your frequently used PC is too complicated to remember, so you've forgotten the password.
In either case, the result is that you will get locked out of the PC without knowing its password. So, you must be wondering how to access computer without password. That sounds incredible and illegal. But actually, you can log on to your computer again as long as you take the right approach. That is to unlock your computer legitimately by resetting password.
To open an locked PC without a password, you can refer to the methods shared below to try password reset. All methods include detailed steps and corresponding pictures.
For Windows 11 and Windows 10 Version 1803 (and beyond) users, you will be asked to set some security questions when you are setting up a new computer. Thus, if you are unable to log in to your Windows system, you can easily solve this problem by answering the questions.
Step 1. After inputting the wrong password, you can see the "Reset password" link, click it.
Step 2. Then answer the security questions shown on the screen and follow the instruction to reset the password for your Windows 10 computer.
A Windows password reset disk is an officially provided method to assist you to change a new password once you forgot the original one. If you have created a password reset USB before, you can directly follow the steps below to reset the password.
Step 1. Insert the prepared password reset disk, then click "Reset password" on the sign-in screen when you fail to log in to the system.
Step 2. The "Password Reset Wizard" window will appear, click "Next" to move on.
Step 3. In the new window, choose the target password reset disk and click "Next".
Step 4. Then type a new password and confirm it, and click "Next" to proceed. After the process is complete, click "Finish" to close the window and you will find you can access the computer again with the new password.
However, what if you don't have a Windows password reset USB made previously like the user described below?
"This morning friend called asking how to get into Windows 10 Laptop bought yesterday but forgot password. Login gave an option to Reset password, said put in flash drive, however they had no flash drive. I walked um through booting to safemode thinking maybe some way to an admin acct, but could not get past login screen."
Don't fret, you can turn to AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional to create a PC password reset USB. AOMEI software is a reliable disk manager for Windows 11/10/8/8.1/7/XP/Vista so you can run this tool on any working PC with the same system to create a password reset USB for the target computer.
In other words, you don't have to worry about you cannot access your system after your password is forgotten because AOMEI Partition Assistant can help you easily reset or remove the forgotten password in any situation.
Here is a demo version for you to have a free trial on how to access a Windows 10 computer without the password after the password is reset.
Step 1. Connect a USB to a running Windows computer. Install and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant. In the taskbar, click "Tools"> "Reset Windows Password".
Step 2. In the pop-up window, click "Next" to begin to create a a WinPE bootable media.
Step 3. Here we tick "USB Boot Device" and choose your prepared USB and click "Proceed" to move on.
Step 4. Note that the USB flash drive needs to be formatted so you will lose all data on it. If there is important data on it, please make a backup and redo; if not, click "OK" to continue.
Step 5. When the bootable USB is created successfully, unplug it and connect it to the computer that you cannot access. Boot it from this USB, and you will see AOMEI Partition Assistant appear automatically. Click "Reset Password", select the Windows system you would like to operate, and click "Next".
Step 6. Then, select the account you would like to operate and select the feature you want to use: "Remove Account Password" or "Reset Account Password". Here we choose "Reset Account Password" and click "Next".
Step 7. Type the new password and confirm it, then click "Yes". After that, you are able to log in to your computer with this new password.
If you don't have a password reset USB and don't want to use a third-party tool either, you can resort to Command Prompt, a command-line-based utility that helps manage disks and repair some PC problems.
But please note that you should be familiar with command lines, otherwise you might end up losing your data by running some wrong commands. How to access computer without password with Command Prompt? The steps are as follows:
Step 1. Press the Restart option from the login screen while holding the Shift key at the same time
Step 2. From Choose an option window, choose Troubleshoot.
Step 3. Select Advanced Options and Startup Settings.
Step 4. Press 6 or F6 to boot your computer in Safe mode with Command Prompt.
Step 5. When Command Prompt window appears, type "net user" to view a list of all the users on this PC. Remember the account name.
Step 6. Type "net user [username] [new_password]" and hit "Enter". Then, you are able to access the computer with the new password.
Getting access to a locked computer without a password seems quite impossible and incredible, but some ways could be used to reset the forgotten password so that you can log in to the system as before. And this article covers several practical solutions to how to access computer without password Windows 10.
You can select one as you like, but the best yet recommended one is using AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional. It is friendly to all levels of users and is applicable in various situations. Moreover, you could use it to recover lost data, delete large files, extend C drive, etc.