You can reset your Microsoft account locally.Ĭlick on Options and select Bypass Windows Password, after clicking on OK as confirmation to your operation, reboot your computer without the CD. In case you use a Microsoft account for login, you’ll locate your Windows Live ID in the “Description” column. Now you have a choice to either reset your user password by modifying the SAM file or to bypass the login authentication through temporarily patching the Windows kernel in memory.įor this, you will select a local account and click on Reset Password for its removal.

This software will list all the user accounts stored in the SAM (Security Account Manager) database, by default.

Once you’ve successfully booted from the CD, PCUnlocker program will launch automatically after WinPE loads.

For this to be possible, make sure your CD-ROM is set as the first boot device in your computer’s BIOS.

After the PCUnlocker Live CD is ready, insert it into the CD drive of the computer you’re locked out of and boot from it.

In case your computer doesn’t have such a software, you can also make a PCUnlocker Live USB drive instead, with the freeware ISO2Disc.

Use any burning software of your choice (like ImgBurn or DAEMON Tools) to burn the ISO image file to a blank CD.

Extract the file to your desktop, resulting in the appearance of a disc image file labeled pcunlocker.iso.

Download the PCUnlocker Zip file to your computer.

So, the first thing you need to do now is to create a PCUnlocker Live CD from a different computer you have access to. Since you’re reading this article, chances are that you’ve already tried every password you could remember, and failed. Bypass Or Reset Windows 10 Password Part 1.

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