Windows 10: My password I've used for a couple of years is now wrong?

I turned on my PC and was aiming to hit the text box to type in my password but misclicked and hit "I forgot my password". When the password reset box opened, I immediately closed it and clicked on the text box to log in. When I put my password in it said that it was incorrect, this is not possible as it is a four-letter code that I would never forget. I also made the account when I was younger so I linked it to my school Email so when I try to reset it I don't get the code since my school district doesn't allow outside emails. I tried the second way to reset the password by entering info abou

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Wrong Password

Kevin, it turns out that the "old password" refers to your Windows user password, not a Microsoft account password. In an effort to get people to create/use Microsoft accounts, Microsoft wants you to abandon logging into Windows with your Windows username and password, and instead use your Microsoft account username and password. Thus, if you're still using your Windows username and password to log into Windows, you'll have to enter this as the "old password" when enabling Cortana. The reason they call it the "old password" (while not telling you which password!) is that in addition to enabling Cortana, it will secretly in the background change your Windows logon to require your Microsoft account info instead of your "old" logon info.

Once I got through this, Cortana worked. I tried it out for a couple of hours, found it worthless, and completely removed it from my system (which is also not straightforward; there's another thread devoted to that).

 

admin password?

You can reset the Admin Password using Windows XP repair; See Here for step by step.

*Toast :toast:

 

Wrong Password

The "Old Password" is the password to your local account. It is about to change your local account to a Microsoft Account. If you don't mind this, then enter your local account password. If you think this is overly intrusive of Microsoft, don't do it and let Cortana die.