What is HP Default Admin Password and How to Reset it?

When you get a new HP laptop or other brand computers, you are advised to set a login password to prevent unauthorized users from accessing your data. But sometimes, when you want to make changes to your devices, you will be asked to provide an admin password.

If you have never created such an admin password for your HP computer, you are able to deal with an HP default admin password. You must be wondering what the default HP admin password is. Keep reading to know more about it and how to reset the admin password if you have set one but forgotten then.

What is HP default admin password?

Generally, the initial password for HP laptop administrators is not fixed, which is set by users when setting up an administrator account for the first time. If you haven't set such a password during the system installation, the default password is blank or password.

That is to say, if you are prompted to give the admin password when logging in to the system or performing other tasks, just press "Enter" without typing anything in the password field or write "password" in the box to get admin permissions.

How do I find my HP administrator password?

As we mentioned above, HP default admin password Windows 10 is empty or password. If you want to have an exact password for administrator accounts, you are allowed to set it by yourself. The way offered by HP officials is introduced below:

Step 1. Turn on or restart the HP laptop to open Computer Setup.

Step 2. Press Esc while the "Press the Esc key for Startup Menu" message is displayed in the lower-left corner of the screen.

Step 3. When the Startup Menu pops out, press F10.

Step 4. Use the arrow keys to select Security > Setup BIOS Administrator password and then press Enter.

Step 5. Type the new password in the Enter New Password and Confirm New Password fields, and hit the Enter key.

Note: A password can be: 31 characters maximum; any combination of numbers, letters, and special characters.

Step 6. A message appears saying that the password is set. Now, you can find your HP administrator password successfully.

How to reset admin password on HP laptop if forgotten?

Image that you have set your own HP default admin password but forgot it because you rarely use it. What should you do in such a case? Obviously, the easiest way is to reset the forgotten password on an HP laptop. Next, you will learn two ways that have been proven to be effective in password reset.

Method 1. Reset HP administtator password via CMD

CMD is a well-known tool in Windows 11/10/8/7 that can execute different commands to achieve partition management or problem-solving. As long as you master some knowledge about command lines, you can use it to reset your admin password after forgetting it.

◉ If you can still log in to your system normally with other accounts, follow the steps below:

Step 1. Type "cmd" in the search bar and run Command Prompt as administrator.

Step 2. In the command window, input: net user. This command will display all the user accounts on your HP laptop. Please remember your administrator account name.

Step 3. Then, type: net user username new_password. Just replace the "usename" and "new_password" with your actual username and new password).

◉ If you are unable to access your HP computer, you can use CMD from the Windows recovery environment. Here are the steps:

Step 1. In the Windows login interface, press "Shift" and click "Restart" at the same time, click "Troubleshoot".

Step 2. Click "Advanced options" and then select "Command Prompt".

Step 3. 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 4. 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 5. Input "wpeutil reboot" and press "Enter".

Step 6. Click the human icon and type net user username new_password (eg. net user "Leah George" 2022), then press "Enter".

Method 2. Reset HP administrator password via password reset USB

If you think using CMD is too complicated and worry about you will cause irreversible problems because of inputting wrong commands, you cannot miss a powerful and relaible password reset tool named AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional. Let's have a look at the remarkable advantages when it comes to password reset.

Due to these merits, you don't have to worry you can't remember your password and be locked out of the computer. Refer to the guide below to see how to reset HP default admin password Windows 10 if you have set it manually.

🙋‍♂️ Before you do:
1. Prepare a USB flash drive and back up important files on it in advance.
2. If you can access your HP system, download AOMEI software on the laptop directly.
3. If you fail to log in to your computer, get AOMEI program downloaded on another working PC with the same system as yours. (The following steps will take this situation as an example.)

Step 1. Connect the prepared USB to the HP PC, launch AOMEI software, and click "Tools"> "Reset Windows Password" on the main interface.

Step 2. Click "Next" to agree to create a WinPE bootable media.

Step 3. Then, choose the target USB drive and click "Proceed".

Step 4. Read a note and click "Yes" to go on.

Step 5. When the bootable USB is created successfully, insert it into the HP computer that you want to reset adminitrator password for and change the boot order to boot your PC from the USB.

Step 6. When booting into your PC, AOMEI Partition Assistant will open automatically. Click "Reset Password" again and select the Windows system. Then click "Next".

Step 7. Select the administrator account and decide which one you want to perform: Remove Account Password or Reset Account Password. Here we choose "Reset Account Password" and click "Next".

Step 8. In the "Reset Password" window, type the new password in the new window and click "Yes" to confirm. Then, you will get a new admin password and can begin to use it.

Conclusion

After reading this passage, you must have a clear understanding of HP default admin password including what it is, how to set an admin password as well as how to reset it if forgotten. If you want to find an easier way on how to reset admin password on HP laptop, AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional would be a great tool. It can even create a bootable PC repair USB to help fix tricky problems by rebuilding MBR, checking disk errors, and more.