If you’re a Windows 10 user, you may have noticed that your administrator password is not listed in the security settings. This is because the administrator password is not protected by Windows 10’s default security settings. To find your administrator password on Windows 10, you first need to open the Security Settings app and then click on the Accounts tab. Under the Accounts section, you’ll see a list of all of your current accounts. In this list, you’ll likely see your administrator account listed as one of the accounts. To find out your administrator password for this account, simply type it into the text box next to it and click on the OK button.
If you have ever been helped by someone else using their administrative or System account (the one that has full access to everything on your computer), then you are going to have problems changing it back after they left. In this case, we will remove all user accounts from the computer completely, including their Home folder, e-mails, and settings so basically you would end up with a brand new installation of Windows 10 without any files involved which can be replaced later when setting up proper administrator account credentials.
The administrator account is the only one that has full access to everything on your computer, from changing settings and installing programs to viewing other user accounts. This may not seem like a big deal for just using your computer at home, but it becomes a major problem if you share this PC with someone or have multiple users who need access. While you can limit access by removing local administrators and limiting user accounts in the Group Policy Editor for Windows 10 Pro/Enterprise, some applications also require full privileges which cannot be granted through these methods without knowing the original password of the administrator account. Here are two different ways to reset/remove the admin password without knowing it!
When you want to open the administrator account of your Windows 10, first it seems very easy, just press the button Win+X or right-click on the Start menu and select “Command Prompt (Admin)”. This is certainly an easy way to start a command prompt in Admin mode using a shortcut key. How do I know if I am logged in as an Administrator? But what if there is no keyboard attached to your PC and you want to log into the administrator user account from outside? You can try entering Ctrl + Alt + Del which will bring up the login screen. Type in your username and password then press enter. The problem here is that when RDP or Remote Desktop Connection client has enabled this method will not work since the UI is prevented from displaying the login screen.
But there is a way to start Command Prompt in Admin mode outside of Windows 10, which is by using the task scheduler. The Task Scheduler will run commands or programs automatically when you turn on your computer or even at scheduled times. All you need to do is create a simple program and then configure it to run as Administrator every time you log onto your PC. The procedure below works for any version of Windows: XP, 7, 8, and Windows 10. We are going to use our new favorite command prompt program called RunAsAdmin which can help us perform this task easily.
