How to Reset Administrator Password on HP Laptop - Easy Ways

About Administrator on HP laptop

An administrator identity can help you make changes on your PC, it can also affect other users of the computer. If you’re the Administrator, you can casually install or uninstall applications, access the files stored on the PC, change the settings and perform other PC managing operations. To work as the Administrator, you need to log into the account.

However, for different reasons, many users may lose the Administrator password. So they cannot manage their PC as an Administrator, and even cannot open the PC. In other words, you will lose the right to control your PC.

Therefore, you need to reset the forgotten password. Here can be some available ideas.

✿ Factory reset the HP laptop. (Lose all data)
✿ Use the prepared password reset disk.
✿ Use Windows installation disk.
✿ Run Command Prompt.
✿ Try a third-party password reset software.

In the next part, you can see the details on how to reset Administrator password on HP laptop. Read on.

How to reset Administrator password on HP laptop

When you don’t know how to reset Administrator password on HP laptop in Windows 10, this post can help you with the following solutions.

✦ Method 1. Reset the Administrator password with password reset disk

If you search the solutions to losing Administrator password online, the most common suggestion is to use the password reset disk. But there’s a limitation: the disk needs to be prepared before you forget the password. When you have created it before, please follow the steps below.

Step 1. In the locked PC interface, click the “Reset password” option.

Step 2. You’ll enter the Password Reset Wizard interface, click “Next”.

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

Step 4. Then you will be asked to reset the user account password, click “Next”.

Step 5. When the password resetting task is completed, click “Finish”.

 ✦ Method 2. Reset Administrator password via installation disk

How to bypass Administrator password on HP laptop? The Windows installation disk can not only be useful for installing Windows, but also can help you to reset passwords. The steps to reset the Administrator password with the Windows installation disk are as follows.

Step 1. Insert the Windows installation disk into your locked PC, then boot it from the PC. When you enter the Windows Setup interface, press “Shift +F10” to run CMD program.

Step 2. Input the commands “copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\” and “copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe”, press “Enter” to execute them. Turn out the installation disk, input and run the “wpeutil reboot” command to reboot the PC.

Step 3. When you see the logging-in interface, press “Shift” 5 times. The CMD will run again, then input “net user cocosenor *” and press “Enter” to reset the password, you’ll be asked to confirm the password.  

✦ Method 3. Reset Administrator password using CMD

CMD is another practical method for you to reset the lost Administrator password. If you can  easily perform PC operations, you can try this built-in tool to reset your Administrator password.

Step 1. Press “Shift” and click “Restart” at the same time, then click the “Troubleshoot” option.

Step 2. In the new window, click “Advanced options” and “Command Prompt” in order.

Step 3. Then you’ll turn to CMD, input “diskpart” and press “Enter”.

Step 4. In Diskpart, input “list volume” and hit “Enter” to see all the volumes, remember the drive letter of the system drive. Input “exit” and press “Enter” to leave Diskpart.

Step 5. When you return to CMD window, type “move E:\windows\system32\utilman.exe E:\”, then press “Enter” to move the utilman.exe file. (“E” refers to the drive to store the utilman.exe file. )

Step 6. Type “copy E:\windows\system32\cmd.exe E:\windows\system32\utilman.exe”, 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 to open the CMD window, then type “net user “Leah George”” as the new password and press “Enter”. Input “exit” and hit “Enter”, then you can enter the new Administrator password to get into the PC.

A password reset expert to reset Administrator password on HP laptop

If you are not a user that knows well about PC, it can be a challenge to forget the password. How to reset Administrator password on HP laptop? Here, you can try a powerful password reset software- AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional.

This tool is suitable for Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP devices. In a bright interface, you can easily create a password reset USB, then reset the missing Administrator password with it under WinPE. You don’t need to create the password reset disk in advance, because even when you forget the password, you can create it with AOMEI Partition Assistant.

When you want to solve other PC problems, such as the external hard drive not showing up, Windows keeps freezing on startup, computer freezes when playing games, can’t extend primary volume size,etc.

Here is the whole process on how to reset forgotten login/Administrator password on HP laptop.

Step 1. Connect the target USB with a working PC, download and open AOMEI Partition Assistant, select "Tools" and “Reset Windows Password” in turn.

Step 2. You will create a password reset USB, click “Next” to continue.

Step 3. A small window opens, select a USB boot device and click “Proceed”.

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

Step 5. Wait patiently, this tool will create the password reset USB, then click “Finish”.

Step 6. Take out the USB and then insert it into the locked PC, then restart it. You’ll change the boot drive, boot the PC from the created USB and choose the system, click “Next”.

Step 7. Choose an account and tick “Reset Account Password”, then click “Next”.

Step 8. In the new window, set a new password and click “Yes”.  

To sum up

When you don’t know how to reset Administrator password on HP laptop, you can get 4 methods shared in this post. Please read carefully and choose the easiest method by yourself. If you want to easily reset Administrator password, AOMEI Partition Assistant can be a good tool. By the way, when the Windows Server Administrator password is forgotten, you can turn to the Server Version for the solution.