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I used to have the setting turned on so that every time my computer sleeps, i needed to enter a password.
i turned it off so that i could just log in and out with 1 click, because i was planning to bring it into a repair shop for service, i did not want to have to tell them my password...i dunno, i guess that was a dumb thing to do.
when i went back into sign in options
i see some new things like "setup a pin" "setup a picture password" "setup security questions"
but to access these, i need to reenter my password.
but my password doesn't work!
somehow i must have changed it at some point, because i changed my password hint and i don't remember doing it.
the new password hint i put is too cryptic, i can't remember what the hint meant,
i can't remember my password at all.
this is NOT the microsoft password!
this is the local password for my administrator account.
luckily, i am not locked out, but this is extremely frustrating because whoever programmed this, left no way to recover the password in this situation.
i tried googling it, they say i need to setup security questions, but i have not set them up yet and i have to remember the password to set them up.
the only other option i found was to reset the password by using a detachable USB drive
but i don't have one of those! I bought this laptop from a retailer and it had windows 8 installed and then i was sent a special email offer to upgrade to windows 10 through a download.
i have no official windows 10 boot disk.
i am afraid to guess the password, because the computer might lock me out permanently.
how do i recover or reset my password now
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i turned it off so that i could just log in and out with 1 click, because i was planning to bring it into a repair shop for service, i did not want to have to tell them my password...i dunno, i guess that was a dumb thing to do.
when i went back into sign in options
i see some new things like "setup a pin" "setup a picture password" "setup security questions"
but to access these, i need to reenter my password.
but my password doesn't work!
somehow i must have changed it at some point, because i changed my password hint and i don't remember doing it.
the new password hint i put is too cryptic, i can't remember what the hint meant,
i can't remember my password at all.
this is NOT the microsoft password!
this is the local password for my administrator account.
luckily, i am not locked out, but this is extremely frustrating because whoever programmed this, left no way to recover the password in this situation.
i tried googling it, they say i need to setup security questions, but i have not set them up yet and i have to remember the password to set them up.
the only other option i found was to reset the password by using a detachable USB drive
but i don't have one of those! I bought this laptop from a retailer and it had windows 8 installed and then i was sent a special email offer to upgrade to windows 10 through a download.
i have no official windows 10 boot disk.
i am afraid to guess the password, because the computer might lock me out permanently.
how do i recover or reset my password now
Continue reading...