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How To Reset Your Forgotten Windows Password by sainttobs(m): 2:46pm On Feb 16, 2018
How To Reset Forgotten Windows Password

Learn how to Reset Forgotten Windows Password: You can reset the password on your windows and still use your windows. To know how you can reset the windows password go through the article that is stated below.

Have you made a secure login to your windows that require the password to start using the Windows during startup? Yes, most people make the secure logins to their windows like you might also have done. The most likely thing that happens with most of the users is that they forget their password. You might have also forgotten your password once in life when you have changed it in a hurry or something like that. The best thing is that you don’t have to worry if you have forgotten your Windows password.

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#Method 1: Reset Your Microsoft Account Password Online
Before we proceed to the steps let me tell you that you can only reset a forgotten Windows 8 or Windows 10 password online only if you are using a Microsoft account. If you are using a local account in which your passwords were not stored with Microsoft Online then you can’t reset them.


If you’re using a local account and if it’s not stored with Microsoft online, simply skip this method and try the second one.
Step 1. First of all, grab your smartphone, or any other computer and open your web browser and click this Link. This link will open the Microsoft’s password reset page.
Step 2. Now you need to select “I Forgot my password” and then click on Next.
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Step 3. Now you will be asked to enter your Microsoft account. Simply use the Microsoft account that you used to sign in and then click on Next
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Step 4. Now you will get the recovery options in which Microsoft will provide you the security code to gain access to the account. You can choose from Email, Text and then click on “Send Code”
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Now check the email address or cell phone in which you will receive the code and you will get the options to reset the password.
How to Reset Windows Password If You Have Forgotten It
The guide is simple and straight, and you just need to follow the steps that are given below to Reset your Windows Password.

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Steps To Reset Windows Password If You Have Forgotten It
Step 1. First of all turn on your PC and Boot up the windows in Troubleshoot Screen. From there just select the option “Repair your Windows“.
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Step 2. Follow through the various options to reach the Command Prompt option. Choose this option Command prompt window will open on your screen. In this window type the following command:
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copy “c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe” c:\

Now enter the following command in the CMD windows:

copy “c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe” and then “c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe”

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After the above process by typing yes you can now reboot your PC.
Step 3. Once after reboot you get to the Windows Login screen, just hit the Shift key five times. This will load the command prompt window on the screen, and this will be in administrator mode.
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Step 4. Now to reset the password of your windows you have to type the command given below in the Command prompt window.

net user username MynewPassword

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Here username will be the username of the account of admin and replace mynewpassword with the password that you want to set.
So that’s all! Your windows password will be reset, and you can now log into your windows after reboot. The thing that you will have to do after logging to the Windows is opening the Command prompt again and typing the following command:

Cmd:”c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe” copy the sethc.exe file to this folder.

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Note: This method will not work for the Windows 10 with Microsoft account as it requires to reset the passwords on the servers also.

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Re: How To Reset Your Forgotten Windows Password by TrevorDJ(m): 12:01pm On Jun 10, 2022
Do you need to sign in to your Windows 10 PC and realize that you’ve forgotten your password? Don’t panic; Windows 10 lets you reset a forgotten password, whether you use a Microsoft Account or a local account.

https://www.novabach.com/how-to-reset-a-forgotten-windows-10-password/

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