Reset windows 10 pw?

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by LEXX911, Jul 24, 2015.

  1. LEXX911

    LEXX911 MDL Senior Member

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    #1 LEXX911, Jul 24, 2015
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    Ok I don't know what the hell is going on. I have been using my LOCAL ACCOUNT so I decided to check out Windows 10 stupid new email app so I log into the email app with my Outlook account. That for some reason also isn't the same as Windows 8.1 anymore since this one without warning is that now you are in your Microsoft account and no longer in your LOCAL ACCOUNT. I sign out of Windows but managed to log back in with my OUTLOOK password not with my LOCAL ACCOUNT password. So when I decided to go back to my LOCAL ACCOUNT for some reason it ask me to create a password and password hint which I did. So when I sign out of Windows 10 and try to log back in again the freaking password doesn't work! But the correct hint password show up when the password was not accepted. What the hell is going on here? I'm totally lock out of my account. I'm sure my password is right because I have been using it for years. Is there a way to reset the password to my old account? I have a feeling this could be a bug.
     
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    Shenj MDL Expert

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  3. EFA11

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  4. LEXX911

    LEXX911 MDL Senior Member

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    So I managed to reset the PW with the sethc.exe method. I still have no clue how my password got mess up. It might be the mechanical keyboard when buggy with Windows 10 since I have all CAPS LOCK on and for some reason the SHIFT must have kicked in to make one of the key lower case. I have come to the conclusion is that my SHIFT key must gone a little haywire because yesterday after installing Windows 10 I was moving files instead of copying them when dragging and dropping it from different drives so the SHIFT key somehow got bugged out.
     
  5. Flipp3r

    Flipp3r MDL Expert

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    Shift key being dodgy sounds plausible. When setting a password didn't you need to type it twice to verify???
     
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  6. MS_User

    MS_User MDL Guru

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    this is why PIN option is so much better:clap:
     
  7. wolf69

    wolf69 MDL Senior Member

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    yeah I set it up but it always says invalid user name or password on this build
     
  8. MS_User

    MS_User MDL Guru

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    i have no issue with PIN....sounds like u mite need to reset start from scratch.
     
  9. wolf69

    wolf69 MDL Senior Member

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    already done that its a fresh clean install
     
  10. Rock Hunter

    Rock Hunter MDL Senior Member

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    If the Administrator account had been turned on, you would have an alternate way of getting into Windows. Then you could change your user account password. Moral of the story: after installing Windows, enable the Administrator account.
     
  11. labvxe

    labvxe MDL Expert

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    CHNTPW did the trick for me in seconds :D

    Just sayin'