How to Perform Windows 10 Password Reset

Passwords are hard to remember and keep track of, especially if you don’t use a proficient password manager. The password I forget the most is for my Windows 10 computer because I usually use Windows Hello to log in. Since I haven’t entered my password for months, I forget it when I need it. It’s nothing to worry about if you can’t remember your Windows PC password either. In this post, we have provided three easy ways to perform Windows 10 password reset. All the mentioned methods are easy and can be done by anyone without any expertise on Windows. Also, you don’t have to worry about data loss. We made sure that the data is completely safe during the password reset process. Now, without wasting much time, let’s get started with our guide.

Perform Windows 10 Password Reset

Here we will learn three different ways to reset Windows 10 password. All methods are for different case scenarios so choose any depending on your problem. Also, the methods below work on all versions of Windows 10, so you don’t have to worry. Now having said that, let’s start with the first method.

1. Windows 10 Password Reset [If You Remember the PIN]

If you forgot your Windows 10 PC password, but You can login with PIN or picture passwordThis is how you can reset Windows 10 password.

1. Press the “Windows” and “X” keys simultaneously and Click on “Command Prompt (Admin)”. If you can’t find it, you can also search for “cmd” and open as Administrator.

2. Next, type the following command. Here, replace account_name with your real account name and password to your liking.

net user account_name new_password

3. After that hit enter and you have done a successful Windows 10 password reset.

2. Windows 10 Password Reset [If Logged in with Microsoft Account]

If you’re using your Microsoft Account to sign in This is how you can perform Windows 10 password reset on your Windows 10 PC.

one. Microsoft password recovery page enter your email address or username on a different PC or mobile device. After that, click “Next”.

2. It will now show you several options. verify your identity. You can choose your phone number or recovery email id to get the one-time password.

3. Enter one-time password on the next screen and then you can perform a Windows 10 password reset.

4. After that, login to your Windows 10 PC with the new password and you should be able to enter it without any problems.

3. Windows 10 Password Reset [If Everything Fails]

When all else fails, use this method to perform Windows 10 Password reset. You can do use this method on all versions of windows 10 and it works absolutely great.

1. At the Windows login screen, hold down the shift key and click the power button. Here, Click “Restart” while holding down the shift key.

2. The computer will boot to the Advanced Recovery screen. Here, click on “Troubleshoot” and then open “Advanced Options”. Finally, Click on “System Image Recovery”.

3. Here, click “Choose a system image” and then click “Next” button.

4. On the next page, click the “Advanced” button.

5. Now, select the “Install Driver” option.

6. After that, click “OK” and a file explorer window will open. Here, navigate to the C drive or the drive where you installed Windows. Now Go to C:WindowsSystem32 folder.

7. Here, Search for “utilman” and rename it to anything you want. For example, I changed its name to “Utilman1”.

8. After that, search for “cmd” in the same folder and Rename it to “Utilman”.

9. Now close the entire window and restart your computer. On the login screen, Click on the “Accessibility” icon in the lower right corner.

10. A command prompt window will open. Here, type the following command and press enter.

control userpasswords2

11. A new password recovery window will open. Here, Click the “Reset Password” button.

12. Set a new password and click the “OK” button. Finally, you have successfully performed the Windows 10 password reset.

13. Now log in to your account with the new password and voila, you are logged into your Windows 10 PC.

SEE ALSO: How to Reset Windows 10 in 2019 [Guide]

Rest Your Windows 10 Password Without Losing Files

This was our nifty guide on how to rest password on Windows 10 without losing any data. We mentioned three methods for different scenarios. But if nothing works, you can use the third method to log in to your Windows 10 PC. But keep in mind that Microsoft continues to fix new loopholes so there will be new ways to reset Windows 10 password in the future. So keep visiting our website to learn new and updated techniques to reset password in Windows 10. Anyway, if you liked the article and want to see similar posts, comment below and let us know.