How to fix incorrect password on troubleshooting advanced options

Question

Hi, this problem is on a Lenovo Ideapad 3. The first problem was it was being extremely slow, taking 100% of the disc, and so I followed some recommendations and restarted my computer. However, when I restarted, it said there was no pin and to download but it keeps looping. So then I pressed shift and restart and tried doing the options there, but it says my password is incorrect. I know for certain it is correct because I can log in to everything besides that, so what should I do?

Answer 1

You can reset password:

Reset your Windows local account password

If you have administrative access to your computer, you can reset the password using Command Prompt. Here's how:

a. Boot your computer into the Advanced Startup Options. You can do this by restarting your computer and repeatedly pressing the F8 or Shift + F8 key before the Windows logo appears.

b. Select "Troubleshoot" > "Advanced options" > "Command Prompt."

c. In the Command Prompt, type the following command and press Enter:

net user [your_username] [new_password]

Replace "[your_username]" with your actual username and "[new_password]" with the new password you want to set.

d. Restart your computer and log in with the new password.

Answer 2

The fix to this would be to click on verify under settings-> Account -> Your Info ->verify, so that the microsoft account password is linked to the machine. I started advanced startup command prompt again and was able to use my mocrosoft account password. Of course this will only work if your computer isn't already stuck in a boot loop. This is still considered a bug that Microsoft has to fix. They either force the users verify ASAP in the next update or allow your computer login PIN to be used in advanced startup.

Answer 3

I'm kinda late, but this might be helpful.

Sometimes the recovery environment may ask for an old password. Try any old passwords you remember that you used on this PC.

it worked for me I tried a very old password I remember using at the very first.