Have PIN but lost PW - Can't reset - need help.

54and56

Hi all,

I'm obsessive about securely storing passwords for everything but for some reason I omitted to save the Admin/Login password for a Win 10 family PC. We've been using a 4 digit PIN option for logging in for the last few months but I now want to reset the password and PIN as too many people know how to log into the machine but I can't reset the password unless I have the current password and there doesn't seem to be a "forgot password" option even after logging in with the PIN.

There is a "Create a password reset disk" option but when I tried that it also requires the current password to be confirmed before progressing.

Am I missing something? Is there anything I can do?

I'd have thought that having the Admin PIN would be the equivalent of having the Admin password so being able to enter the PIN should establish I am the Admin and thus allow me to change passowrds etc but it doesn't.

Feeling like a right tit I can tell you

Blazer

There's a program you can use to reset or wipe all passwords. You simply install it onto a USB stick and boot from it. I used it to reset one of the in-laws password even though she claimed she never set up one but I explicitly set one up for her when setting up her new pc. Ping me ur email and I'll forward you the details for it

Blazer

Blazer wrote: »

There's a program you can use to reset or wipe all passwords. You simply install it onto a USB stick and boot from it. I used it to reset one of the in-laws password even though she claimed she never set up one but I explicitly set one up for her when setting up her new pc. Ping me ur email and I'll forward you the details for it

It's called Renee passnow, I'll root out my version of it later on and send it on

54and56

Blazer wrote: »

It's called Renee passnow, I'll root out my version of it later on and send it on

Thanks Blazer, I guess this is it?

Blazer

Je_suis_Jean wrote: »

Thanks Blazer, I guess this is it?

Yep but the free version doesn't allow you to reset, i have the purchased version but I'm trying to root out the email

54and56

Blazer wrote: »

Yep but the free version doesn't allow you to reset, i have the purchased version but I'm trying to root out the email

Thanks, that's be great. I'll PM you my email address.

Esel

Je_suis_Jean wrote: »

Thanks Blazer, I guess DOWNLOAD - DON'T CLICK! is it?

Thanks a lot - not! FFS :mad:

54and56

Esel wrote: »

Thanks a lot - not! FFS :mad:

Apologies, didn't mean to link to a direct download, my bad. :mad:

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