- Oct 3, 2010
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I feel stupid for this but I goofed and locked myself out of windows 10. I completely forgot the pass for windows 10, normally I write passwords down but must of forgot to write this one down. I been using the netplwiz command to avoid entering the pass everytime, for some reason I turned it off not realizing I didn't know what the pass was. Now I can't get back into windows. It has a hint but still can't figure it out. Tried doing a reset password but it asks for removable media, I never made a reset disk for this. I am pretty sure this is a local admin account and not a microsoft account.
Short of reinstalling windows, is there a way to get past this? I booted to windows 10 usb drive and I tried doing a startup repair, not sure if that would help or not but it says it can't do a repair and gives me a name of a log file. Would a system restore help any? I talked to a local computer store and he said something about enabling a hidden admin account through cmd prompt but couldn't recall the exact command to enter.
Short of reinstalling windows, is there a way to get past this? I booted to windows 10 usb drive and I tried doing a startup repair, not sure if that would help or not but it says it can't do a repair and gives me a name of a log file. Would a system restore help any? I talked to a local computer store and he said something about enabling a hidden admin account through cmd prompt but couldn't recall the exact command to enter.