How to Unlock a HP laptop Windows 10 if Forgot Administrator Password

 

“How to Unlock a HP laptop Windows 10 if I forgot my Windows 10 password? I don’t have a password reset disk.”

There are many tricks for resetting Windows 10 password. However, most of these tricks will need admin privileges. Fortunately, here are two clover tricks for you to reset password on HP laptop Windows 10 without reset disk or admin rights.

 

Trick 1: Reset Forgotten Password on HP Laptop Windows 10 by Using Just a Windows Install Media.

 

If you have an Official Windows 10 installation disk, now you can use it to reset HP laptop password Windows 10 by running Command Prompt.

If you don’t have it at all, you can use Microsoft Media Creation Tool to create one easily with a CD/DVD/USB flash drive and then follow this tutorial to reset Windows 10 administrator password and then unlock your HP laptop Windows 10 with the new password.

1.       Boot/Reboot your HP laptop from a Windows 10 installation disk.

2.       When Windows install wizard appears, click NEXT.

3.       After clicking on Next it will show you Windows Setup Screen, here click on “Repair Your Computer”.

4.       Under choose an option, click on Troubleshoot.

5.       Click on Command Prompt option to open CMD window.

6.       Run command: move c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe c:\ (Type in the command and then press Enter to run it)

7.       Run command: copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe

8.       Now remove your Windows 10 installation disk and the run command: wpeutil reboot.

9.       PC restarts. When the login screen appears, click Ease of Access to open CMD window.

10.   Run command: net user administrator 123456.

11.   Now close Command Prompt window and then login your administrator account with the new password!

Note: In step 6 and 7, you will need to replace “c:” with your system drive if your Windows 10 was installed on another drive.

 

Trick 2: Use Windows Password Rescuer to Reset Windows 10 Admin Password on HP Laptop or any Other Computer.

 

When you forget HP laptop password Windows 10 no reset disk, you also can use Windows Password Rescuer to firstly create a password reset disk on another computer. Then use the password reset disk to easily reset your forgotten Windows 10 password easily without losing data.

Windows Password Rescuer is one of the best Windows password recovery tool which can help reset forgotten administrator/user password easily for Windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP and Windows server 2019/2016/2012/2008/2003 etc. It works perfectly on any brands of computers. Let’s see how to use it to reset Windows 10 administrator password on a locked HP laptop.

1.       Install Windows Password Rescuer on anther computer and run it to burn to a USB flash drive. Download Windows Password Rescuer here.

2.       Plug in the USB to your HP laptop, set your laptop to boot from USB.

3.       When Windows password rescuer appears on the screen, follow the instructions to reset any Windows 10 user account password:

1)       Select Windows 10.

2)       Select your admin account.

3)       Click “Reset Password” button to reset the admin password to blank.

4)       Unplug your USB and then click “Reboot” to restart the HP laptop.

5)       The laptop will restart and automatically log into Windows 10 without entering password.

There, you have successfully unlocked your HP laptop Windows 10 without password!