Help w/ recovering a Win 10 password
About a year ago I bought a gaming computer to use with a flight simulator. It came with Win 10. Haven't used the thing for a while, so I forgot the password. And for some stupid reason I didn't write it down like I did with all the others.
So far, almost an hour later later, I've tried every password I could think of (I have a system for creating them). No dice. The computer let me get to my security questions once, but apparently I got one wrong, and it's not letting me answer them again, i.e., not showing them again.
Looked online and it said you could recover the password by creating a Microsoft account. So I went there and clicked on "create account," and a message came up saying the link was not safe. WTF???? It also said you could type "i forgot my password" in the password window. No dice. Another answer was to hit the Windows key and type something to get a menu. No dice.
This is driving me nuts. Is there a way to get to those $^%#&*^#$%@ security questions?
ItsjustMe
(11,803 posts)you could have just done a clean install
Do you have any files on the drive you need you save?
grumpyduck
(6,652 posts)progran which took almost an hour to install.
I'm just looking for a way to get around the password problem.
Earth-shine
(4,044 posts)Creating an MS account on their servers will not help you get into a PC in which you are locked out.
Is it possible it has no password? In which case, when asked for one, just press enter.
As suggested above, you might have to do a clean install of Windows.
ItsjustMe
(11,803 posts)https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/4qv97s/how_to_recover_my_signin_password_of_windows_10/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/6wpavs/anyway_to_recoverreset_my_windows_10_admin
https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/
grumpyduck
(6,652 posts)aka-chmeee
(1,179 posts)Kali
(55,876 posts)I have an inherited laptop I would like to open as it might have some writing on it that I would love to recover.
Marthe48
(19,335 posts)over 2 years ago and I can't remember what I did.
If you haven't had any luck, let me know, and I will try to locate the solution i came across.
grumpyduck
(6,652 posts)Used the "forgot password" prompt.
Don't know if it didn't show up before or if I just didn't see it, but it was there, and it worked.
Marthe48
(19,335 posts)When I used the work around, I was amazed it worked. As soon as I unlocked that laptop, I got rid of the password.