Local Admin Account Recovery on Windows 10

Did you forget your local computer account password? No issue!

  1. Boot up the system from Win 10 disk or USB bootable disk
  2. Choose Advance > Troubleshoot > Command Prompt
  3. Run the command below:
    move c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe c:\ (press enter)
    copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe (press enter)
  4. Remove the Bootable USB Flash Drive and run the command:
    wpeutil reboot
  5. Wait until the Windows boots up
  6. Press on the Accessibility options. It opens the command prompt.
  7. To enable the local administrator account type the command:
    net user administrator /active:yes
  8. Reboot the system and you have your local Admin enabled,

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