Windows 11 - cannot sign in

Question

For whatever reason I cannot sign in to my PC. I am running windows 11. The user shown on the login screen is Administrator. It's not taking my local password. I tried my Microsoft account password, but it's not taking it either. When I say reset Password, it asks for USB Reset disc which I dont have. Any idea how to get through this?

Thanks

Answer 1

Some things to try
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/reset-your-windows-local-account-password-86912508-e584-37cc-86eb-6e9b0542b5ba

I tried my Microsoft account password,

That's not going to work for the local admin account. You could try "other user" and sign on with your microsoft account (assumes you have set that up previously)

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Answer 2

Some things to try
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/reset-your-windows-local-account-password-86912508-e584-37cc-86eb-6e9b0542b5ba

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Answer 3

Create a password reset disk for a local account in Windows

Answer 4

The user shown on the login screen is Administrator.

Looks like you've built-in admin account enabled. Usually it doesn't have password associated, you just need to click Sign in or press Enter.

Once you sign in, create your own admin account and login to it. Then if you like, you can disable built-in admin (Administrator) account with this command:

net user Administrator password /active:no

Answer 5

Here is what helped.
https://www.google.com/search?q=windows+11+recovery+password+tool&sxsrf=ALiCzsa45ahbuUs5iFVQOr8nd6ju5PST1w%3A1672673924647&source=hp&ei=hPqyY_npI7SL0PEPrI6riAk&iflsig=AJiK0e8AAAAAY7MIlBc3XK1-0ePyrei48mxA4O_njb6y&ved=0ahUKEwj5u-b4m6n8AhW0BTQIHSzHCpEQ4dUDCAo&uact=5&oq=windows+11+recovery+password+tool&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgUIABCGAzIFCAAQhgMyBQgAEIYDOgQIIxAnOgUIABCRAjoLCAAQgAQQsQMQgwE6CwguEIAEELEDEIMBOhEILhCABBCxAxCDARDHARDRAzoFCC4QgAQ6DgguEIAEELEDEMcBENEDOgQIABBDOgoIABCxAxCDARBDOgQILhBDOgcIABCxAxBDOggIABCABBCxAzoFCAAQgAQ6CggAEIAEEIcCEBQ6DgguEIMBELEDEIAEEOUEOg0IABCABBCxAxCDARAKOgcIABCABBAKOgoIABCABBCxAxAKOggIABAWEB4QCjoICAAQgAQQywE6CwgAEBYQHhDxBBAKOgcIABCABBANUABY7khg4EpoAHAAeAGAAXCIAcATkgEEMzIuMpgBAKABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:8d5bbb98,vid:0gOZoroPNuA

Using that video I was able to change the password and get into my system. But then I got something really interesting. Here is the screenshot after logging in.

A number of programs had to be reinstalled to make them work. Particularly Teams and others.