How to Reset Your Windows 11 Local Administrator Password If Forgot It

How to reset your Windows 11 local administrator password if you cannot remember it? This is a common problem. If you have forgotten your Microsoft account password and have to reset it, you just need to use your Phone number or email to choose a new password for the account on Microsoft official website.

If you cannot remember of your local administrator on Windows 11, it may be a little hard to reset into your Windows 11. Fortunately, there are still some reliable methods for resetting Windows 11 local/Microsoft/PIN password. If you really need to do this, you can choose one of the following methods to easily Reset Windows 11 local admin password. Quickly get back into your Windows 11 computer without affecting your data and computer settings.

 

Method One: Reset Windows 11 Local Admin Password by Using Security Answers.

 

This is the first way you can try to reset your Windows 11 local account password. When you installed or upgraded Windows system to Windows 11, you had been asked to add three security question and answers to your local admin account when you chose it to login Windows 11. If you had written down the answers, you can now use it to help reset your Windows 11 password easily without using any password reset disk. Here is the guide.

Step 1: In the sign-in screen, enter a wrong password. When it shows you that the password is incorrect, please select “OK” to back into the sign-in screen.

Step 2: There is a link for resetting password displayed under the password box. Select it.

Step 3: Three security questions you added before will be shown under the user account. Now type the answers you set before. Then submit.

Step 4: Set a new password for the user account and then submit.

Step 5: Windows will let you sign in that the new password has been accepted. Please remember it.

 

Method Two: Reset Windows 11 Administrator Password with CD or USB Flash Drive.

 

If you have lost your security answers and didn’t create a Windows 11 password reset disk at all, you need help of an external CD or USB flash drive which can be used to get access to your locked Windows system. Then you have permission to edit user passwords easily and safely.

To use a CD/USB to help Reset Windows 11 password, Windows Password Rescuer is needed. It can help you make a bootable CD/USB in a minute. Then you can use the bootable CD/USB to reset your forgotten password. Windows Password Rescuer is an all-in-one Windows password reset tool that it can help reset forgotten Windows local and domain admin passwords via CD, DVD or USB. It is now working perfectly for Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, Windows 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012/R2, 2008/R2, 2003/R2 and 2000, etc. Let’s see how to use Windows Password Rescuer Personal edition to reset a Windows 11 local administrator password.  

Step 1: Create a password recovery disk on Windows Password Rescuer.

1.       Use another Windows computer to download and install Windows Password Rescuer Personal. It can be installed on any Windows OS. 

2.       Once you finish installation, insert a blank CD/USB flash drive to the current computer and then launch Windows Password Rescuer Personal. Choose “USB Device” option on the interface.

3.       The CD/USB drive will be displayed in drive list. Drop down the list and then select it. Click “Begin Burning” button. When a confirmation message appears, select “Yes”. Note that the CD/USB you selected will be formatted in the burning process. So please ensure that you have backup the date from the CD/USB.

4.       Wait the software creates a password recovery disk. Once it shows you “Successfully complete burning”. Remove the CD/USB from the computer. Now you can use this disk to Reset Windows 11 password on your locked computer.

Step 2: Boot your locked computer from the CD/USB.

There are two ways to set a computer to boot from an external drive. Please refer to the following guides:

If you create a password recovery disk on USB flash drive, refer to: How to boot computer from USB.

If you create a password recovery disk on CD/DVD, refer to: how to boot computer from CD/DVD.

Step 3: Reset forgotten password and get into your locked Windows 11 with a few clicks.

1.       Once your locked computer successfully boots from the password recovery disk, Windows Password Rescuer will run automatically and show you a friendly interface. Select “Windows 11” from list. You will see all your Windows 11 user accounts displayed.

2.       Select your local admin account.

3.       Click “Reset Password” and then confirm it.

4.       The admin account password will be removed and shown “Blank”.

5.       Click “Reboot”. When a confirmation message pops up, remove the CD/USB and then select “Yes”.

6.       The computer will restart and automatically sign into the admin account without password.

 

Method Three: Reset Windows 11 Local Administrator Password with Command Prompt.

 

To use Command Prompt to help reset Windows 11 local administrator password, you have to first prepare a Windows 11 installation disk. If you ready have it, complete the following steps to reset your forgotten Windows 11 local administrator password.

Step 1: Boot your locked computer from the Windows 11 installation disk. Once Windows setup screen appears, select “Next”.

Step 2: Select “Repair your computer”.

Step 3: On “Choose an option screen”, select “Troubleshoot”.

Step 4: On “Advanced options” screen, select “Command Prompt”.

Step 5: Now run the following commands. (Type commands in the window and press Enter key after each one.)

1.       C:

2.       Cd windows

3.       Cd system 32

4.       Ren utilman.exe utilman_bak.exe

5.       Copy cmd.exe utilman.exe

Step 6: Remove the Windows installation disk and then restart the computer. When the Windows 11 sign-in screen appears, click “Accessibility” icon.

Step 7: Command window appears, type “net user” and then press Enter key. You will see all your Windows 11 user accounts names. To reset your local admin password, type “net user [user name] [new password]” and then press Enter key. Replace the “user name” and “new password” with yours.

Step 8: Close the command window and then use the new password to sign in the admin account. That’s it. Of course, if you had backed up all things from your locked computer, you could choose restoring your Windows 11 system to a previous point when you remember the login password.