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Win 10 PWRST

password reset for windows 10

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Reset Windows 10 Local Admin Password


with Command Prompt

Case 2: When you cannot sign in Windows 10

Forgot Windows 10 local admin password and therefore cannot log on to your
computer? Take it easy! In this case, you can still reset the local admin password using
Command Prompt and then regain access to your computer, but you need the help of a
Windows 10 installation disk (or startup disk). Here are the detailed steps. Rest assured
that they won’t cause you to lose any data.

Step 1: Prepare a Windows 10 installation disk.


If you don't have any available Windows 10 installation disk on hand, you can instantly
create one by burning a Windows 10 ISO file to a USB or CD-ROM flash drive with the
help of another accessible computer. Alternatively, you can create a Windows 10
installation media by referring to this page.

Step 2: Boot locked computer from the installation disk.


Insert the Windows 10 installation disk (USB or CD flash drive) to your computer where
you need to reset Windows local admin password and then make the computer boot
from the disk.

Step 3: Replace Utility Manager with Command Prompt.


1. After the computer boots up, Windows Setup screen will appear. On the Windows
Setup screen, press Shift + F10 keyboard shortcut and a Command Prompt window will
open.
2. In the Command Prompt window, run the following two lines of commands, which will
replace the Utility Manager on Windows 10 sign-in screen with Command Prompt.
Note: Replace the c letter with your operating system drive letter and press Enter key
after typing each command.

move c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe c:\


copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe

3. After the two commands are executed successfully, remove the Windows 10
installation disk and restart the computer. You can restart the computer using the
command "wpeutil reboot" or by shutting down the computer and then turning it on
again.

Step 4: Reset Windows 10 local admin password with


Command Prompt.
1. After computer restarts and comes to Windows 10 sign-in screen, click on the Ease
of Access icon in the lower-right corner. This will bring up a Command Prompt window if
the previous three steps went right.
2. In the Command Prompt window, type the password reset command: net user
<username> <password> and hit Enter to set a new password for your Windows 10
local admin account. Once password reset is complete, close the Command Prompt
and then you can sign into the admin account with the new password.

Alternatively, you can add a new local admin account by the following commands and
then use this new admin account to sign into Windows 10.

net user <username> /add


net localgroup administrators <username> /add
Step 5: Put back the Utility Manager.
For your system safety, you'd better put back the Utility Manager after you finish
resetting password for Windows 10 local admin account. If not, others who click on the
Ease of Access icon will open the Command Prompt window and might change your
password or make other changes to your system. In order to put back the Utility
Manager, just need the steps as below:

1. Reboot your computer from the Windows 10 installation disk again.

2. When you reach the Windows Setup screen, press Shift + F10 to bring up
Command Prompt window.

3. Run the command: copy c:\utilman.exe c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe. When


the message "Overwrite c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe? (Yes/No/All)" appears on
the screen, type Yes and press Enter. That's it. Remove the Windows 10 installation
disk, restart computer and everything is OK now.

Tips: Above are the steps you can take to reset local admin password using Command
Prompt when you've forgotten the password and been locked out of Windows 10. They
may not be so easy for non-technical people especially computer novices. If you are
looking for an easier way to reset Windows 10 local admin password than Command
Prompt, iSumsoft Windows Password Refixer is recommended.

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