Windows 10: why i cannot enter administrator password

every time i try to download a file it shows me the administrator password but i can't enter anything witch pretty much makes my pc useless and it was driving me crazy

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Lost My Administrator Password

To which "this" are you referring?
- If you are following the tutorial Bree suggested in the very first reply to your question then what you need to do at each step is explained in detail. So which step are you at?
- If you are following a different procedure then state what it is and which step you are at. If, for example, you are trying to manually enable the Built-In Admin as suggested in post #11 then that account has no password.

Denis

 

Win10 lost UAC (administrator)password

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand that you forgot the administrator account password and you are unable to login. We will help you to resolve the issue.

I suggest you to log in to built in administrator account and create a new administrator account.

Please try the steps given below and check if it helps.

Step 1:

• 
  From the Lock screen, click on
  Power button.
  
• 
  Press and hold the Shift key from the Keyboard and Click on
  Restart and try to enter the Safe mode.
  

Kindly try to start your computer in Safe mode from the Windows Recovery Environment. Follow the below step.

Step 2:

• After your PC restarts to the Choose an option screen, select Troubleshoot
  > Advanced options > Startup Settings >Restart.
• After your PC restarts, select a startup setting as Safe Mode by pressing the corresponding number.

Once you have entered into the Safe mode then, open Command Prompt and enable Built in Administrator.

Step 3:

Follow the below steps to enable Built in Administrator:

• 
  Open Command Prompt from
  Windows Recovery Environment.
  
• 
  Copy and paste the below command and press Enter.
  

net user administrator /active:yes

• 
  Close the Command Prompt.
  
• 
  Try to login though Built in Administrator and change the earlier password or you can create new user account.
  

Refer the below link to create the new Local user account.

Create a local user account in Windows 10

Manage user accounts in Windows - Microsoft Support

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance. We will be happy to help.

Thank you.

 

Cannot open my my computer. It's protected by a password I didn't enter.

Hi Akshit,

Welcome and thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Apologize for the difficulties that you're experiencing in Windows 10.

Not to worry, we’re here to help you out.

Let us try the following step, and check if it helps.

Step 1: I suggest you to refer to the following article and check if it helps.

When you can't sign in to your Microsoft account

I can't sign in to my Microsoft account - Microsoft Support

Step 2: Let us try to enable the built in administrator account and check the functionality.

Follow the steps:

• 
  Press and hold on the Shift Key from the Windows sign in screen and click on Restart.
  
• 
  Follow the path Troubleshoot> Advanced Options > Start Up settings.
  
• 
  Click on Restart.
  
• 
  Choose Enable Safe Mode with
  Command Prompt.
  
• 
  At the command prompt, type net user administrator /active:yes, and then press Enter.
  
• 
  Type net user administrator <Password>, and then press Enter.
  

Note: In this command, <Password> represents the actual password
that you want to set for the administrator account.

• Type exit, and then press Enter.

• Log off the current user account.

Note: Type net user administrator /active:no to disable the
Built-in Administrator.

Hope it helps.

Kindly let us know if you need any further assistance with the issue. We are glad to assist you.