Forgotton Password On Windows 10! Help!!

Right, in a bit of a situation. I have a laptop where I can log in using a fingerprint scanner, but I have forgotton my password, which I need when entering safemode (to reset trial version of something...)

I cant change my password unless I know the current one! Is there any way I can change it, I don't want to have to change the user account to a different local account and lose everything! please help

not its not a Microsoft account I need access to, its a local user admin account.

 

have a look at this:
https://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/
just read the instructions carefully first.
good luck with it.

 

I have been looking into this and came across a Youtube instruction video
Reset Your Forgotten Windows 10 Password For Free it specifically targets user accounts using
Lazesoft Recover My Password Home Edition Version 4.1.1

I have found the Britec videos very useful.
s.

 

Get a copy of "ntpwedit". Run it from a live cd of anykind to work on an offline Windows.

 

I dont have a cd drive just usb. And to the first reply it doesnt look like it supports windows 10

 

You can turn an ISO into a bootable USB stick using Rufus 2.9.934
My suggestion in earlier post will work with Windows 10 and you choose from which account you wish to delete the password.
s.

This can be found in Hieren's boot CD but you will need to download the ISO and burn it onto a USB stick probably using Rufus

 

Stephen in right on both cases. It's really easy to reset a password to get access back. ntpwedit doesn't advertise support for 8.1 either but it does work. If you make your computer's rescue thumbdrive it can be run from there.

 

Right i downloaded lazesoft, and (i think) i manged to burn it onto the usb, although it doesnt show anything on E drive when i go into it..

Anyway i got to the bios, but it won't let me select USB diskette on key/usb hard disk. I press enter and it does nothing, as you can see in the picture. Help!! Im no good with computers

https://s32.postimg.org/7hq5e6wnl/image.jpg

 

You will need to disable Secure Boot and enable Legacy Support first - then it should boot from USB.

 

I just did what you said, but it still won't let me press enter to select it...

https://s32.postimg.org/krj20uqdt/image.jpg

 

Move the USB key up to the top position in Legacy Boot Order

 

I pressed 11 for boot options and it showed the following. I assumed it didnt burn onto usb drive properly

https://s31.postimg.org/5x825ielz/image.jpg

 

Sorry guys im really lame at this

 

Did the download arrive as an ISO file? If yes did you burn it to USB using...

These computer things are very dim. It is all about getting the right procedure sorted. Then they are happy.
You are getting very close,
s.

 

Right yeap so its on the usb drive as iso now:

https://s31.postimg.org/m72tm5mdj/image.jpg


And now in boot manager when ever i go down to USB Hard drive - verbatimSTORE N GO it comes up with the black screen image i uploaded in the previous post

https://s31.postimg.org/dvc65kn8n/image.jpg

 

The contents of the ISO file have have not been extracted to the USB drive.
You need to use Rufus as suggested by Stephen_c16.

 

Right so i downloaded it, what do i do now? When i doubleclick on the autorun it comes up asking how i want to open this file

https://s31.postimg.org/i66hzl4rr/image.jpg

 

The journey is to create a bootable USB drive from your downloaded file.
To do this you must first install

on the computer that currently holds the downloaded file.
When you run Rufus it will ask for a USB drive and the address of the downloaded ISO file.
(I think there may be a box to tick to create a Bootable USB drive).
It will reformat the USB drive as it creates a Bootable drive.

Take the USB drive to the dell computer and use it in thread #10 above.

GOOD LUCK.
s.

 

Check the box next Create a bootable disk using.
Navigate to the ISO file.
Click Start.

 

Thanks guys for all your help done it now

Much appreciated

 

Something i noticed was more user accounts on my computer than i was even aware of, the only ones i created was brad and bradley, is that correct that i can see those other accounts??

 

That's normal.

 

Worked like a charm.
Got a friend into her own computer (Win10x64)
Thank you.