How to reset Windows 10 password – 3 ways

Some users encounter situations where they need to reset their Windows 10 password on their computer because they forgot their login password. After starting Windows, a form for entering a password appears on the screen, and the user has forgotten the password and cannot use his computer.

The password is used for security purposes, to protect information on the PC from unauthorized access in situations where other people can use it. By entering the password, you enter the Windows operating system; without the correct password, you will not be able to access this PC.

Content:

1. How to reset your Microsoft account password on Windows 10
2. How to reset your Windows 10 login password
3. How to Reset Your Windows 10 Password Using Dism++
4. Article Conclusions
5. Reset Windows 10 password in Dism++ (video)

It happens that users forget or lose their Microsoft account or local account password, so they can’t sign in. Agree that this is an unfortunate situation.

How to reset password when logging into Windows? In the event that a similar problem occurs, when the user has forgotten the Windows password, it is possible to reset the Windows password on the computer.

In this article, you will find several instructions that allow you to solve the problem of a forgotten or lost password in different ways:

• Microsoft account password recovery online.
• Perform a Windows password reset using bootable media.
• Use of third party software.

Windows 10 has an alternative way to sign in to the operating system using a PIN that can be used instead of entering a password, provided the user has previously created a PIN . In this guide, we look at ways to reset your password without using a PIN.

We will reset the Windows password via a USB flash drive or disk using the command line, we will recover the password from the Microsoft account online, the Dism ++ program will help us complete the necessary steps to reset the Windows password.

The password for a Microsoft account is reset online when interacting with a Microsoft service. The password for a local account that is not linked to a Microsoft account can be reset using bootable media in several ways described in this guide.

How to reset your Microsoft account password on Windows 10

In Windows 10, the user can recover the password from the Microsoft account online, if there is an Internet connection on the PC. To connect to the Internet, click on the corresponding icon on the lock screen.

On the lock screen, tap on “Forgot password”.

After that, the computer will restart, the “Identity Confirmation” window will open, in which you need to select the method for receiving the security code (e-mail, phone number).

Enter the required data, click on the “Get Code” button located in the lower left corner of the screen.

In the next window, enter the code received from Microsoft, click on the “Next” button.

In the “Reset password” window, you must enter a new password, and then click on the “Next” button.

The password must be at least 8 characters long, including at least two types: uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.

Finally, the “Your password has been changed” window will open.

Sign in to the Windows 10 operating system by entering your new Microsoft account password.

These steps can be performed from another device with Internet access, such as a phone or another computer:

1. Sign in to the Microsoft account password reset page: https://account.live.com/resetpassword.aspx .
2. On the “Account Recovery” page, you will be prompted to enter information from your account.

1. Follow the instructions provided to reset your password.
2. Enter the new password obtained from another device on your computer.

How to reset your Windows 10 login password

Now let’s see how to reset the Windows account password. This method only works for a local account that is not associated with a Microsoft account.

To reset your Windows password, you will need a bootable USB flash drive, Windows 10 Recovery Disc , or an installation DVD. This method will reset the Windows 10 password through the command line by booting from external media.

Do the following:

1. Connect bootable media to your computer.
2. Restart or turn on your PC.
3. During startup, enter the boot menu (Boot Menu) of the computer.
4. Choose to boot from a USB stick or CD/DVD.
5. In the Install Windows window, click the Next button.
6. In the next window, click on the “System Restore” link located in the lower left corner of the operating system installer window.
7. In the Select Action window, click on Troubleshooting.
8. In the Advanced Options window, select Command Prompt.
9. In the command line interpreter window, enter the command “regedit” (without quotes). After entering the command, press the “Enter” key.

1. The “Registry Editor” window will open, in which you need to select the “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” section.
2. In the registry editor, enter the “File” menu, select “Load hive …” in the context menu.

In the Load Hive window, select the system drive, usually Local Drive C:. If there are several local drives on the PC, you can determine the system drive by opening the local drives one by one. The Windows folder will be located on the disk with the operating system.

1. Follow the path:

C:\Windows\System32\config

1. In the “config” folder, select the “SYSTEM” file, click on the “Open” button.

1. In the “Load Registry Hive” window, in the “Key Name:” field, enter whatever name you want to remember. I indicated the site address “vellisa.ru”.

1. Open the “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” branch. Double-click on the created hive, in this case, “vellisa.ru”.
2. Highlight “Setup” and then the “CmdLine” option.

1. Click on “CmdLine” with the right mouse button, select “Change …” in the context menu.
2. In the “Change string parameter” window, in the “Value:” field, write “cmd.exe” (without quotes), click on the “OK” button.

1. Double-click the left mouse button on the “SetupType” parameter.
2. In the Edit DWORD (32-bit) Value window, set the Value: field to 2, and then apply the changes.

1. Close the registry editor first, and then the command prompt.
2. In the Select Action window, click the Continue button.
3. The computer will restart and a command prompt will open on the screen.
4. In the command line interpreter window, run the “net user” command, which lists all users on the computer.

I need to change the password for the user “vellisa”, you will have a different account name.

1. Now you need to enter the command in order to set a new password:

net user username newpassword

If the username contains spaces, you must use quotation marks between which the username must be placed. If you don’t need password login, leave empty quotation marks instead of the username. To create a new password, use numbers, symbols and Latin letters.

In my case, the command looks like this:

net user vellisa xxxxx

1. Press the “Enter” key.

1. Enter the “exit” command to exit the command prompt.
2. Press the “Enter” key.
3. On the password entry screen, enter a new password for logging into the Windows operating system

You may also be interested in:

• How to remove password in Windows 10
• How to change your Windows 10 account password
• Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE)

How to Reset Your Windows 10 Password Using Dism++

The third solution to the problem: using third-party software. A third-party program will reset your Windows password when you boot your computer from a flash drive. This method works for a local Windows account.

The free Dism++ program does not require installation on a PC, it supports the Russian interface language. This is a powerful tool for cleaning the system and working with Windows settings.

To reset the Windows 10 password, we need a bootable USB flash drive into which we need to unpack the Dism ++ program on another computer.

The Dism++ folder has additional elements in its name. So that they do not interfere with our work, rename the folder of this application simply to “Dism”.

The Dism++ program is launched from the command line, which is launched from a bootable USB flash drive. To do this, you will need to go through the following steps:

1. Boot your computer from a bootable Windows flash drive.
2. In the first window of the Windows Setup program, click on the “Next” button.
3. In the next window, click on System Restore.
4. In the Select Action window, select Troubleshooting.
5. In the “Advanced Options” window, click on the “Command Prompt” button.

We need to find out the drive letter of the bootable flash drive, because it is needed to run the Dism ++ program in the recovery environment (Windows RE). The DiskPart system tool will help us with this.

1. In the command line interpreter window, enter the commands in sequence (after entering each command, press the “Enter” key):

diskpart list volume

In this case, the volume name of the bootable flash drive is “E”. You can navigate by volume size, type (removable), label (ESD-USB). On your PC, the bootable flash drive may have a different volume letter.

1. Issue the “exit” command to exit DiskPart.
2. Enter the command to run the application:

X:\dism\dism++x64.exe

“X” is the drive letter, in this case “E”. If you have a 32-bit Windows operating system installed on your computer, instead of the location of the executable file “dism++x64.exe”, you will need to enter “dism++x32.exe”.

1. In the window with the license agreement, click on the “Accept” button.

1. Click on the top menu on Windows 10 (blue) and then on “Open Session”.

1. In the left column, in the “Tools” section, click on the “Advanced” item.
2. The operating system tools will open, click on the “Accounts” button.

1. In the “Accounts” window, highlight the desired account, and then click on the “Reset Password” button.

1. A message will appear stating that the password has been removed.

1. Close Dism++, command prompt, exit Windows Setup.
2. Start system boot from PC hard drive.

You can set a new password in the operating system settings.

Article Conclusions

Sometimes, users forget or lose the password to log into the Windows 10 operating system. Therefore, they cannot log into their computer to work. To gain access to Windows, you must reset your account password. There are several ways to reset your Windows 10 password, depending on whether your account is a Microsoft account or a local account.