Windows Admin Password

Question

Hi

I'm looking for the default Windows 10 Admin password.

When i activated my new PC the user i created automatically became an Administrator, 

Before creating another user i changed the user type to Standard - Big mistake!!!!!!

when i rebooted looks like Windows activated the Admin User which i assume by default is an Administrator.

problem is i do not know the Admin Password as i did not create that user.

i have followed different treads on the MS site and see a lot of frustrated users with similar issues.  All the answers from Microsoft support seem to come form people oversees with poor or very literal grasp of English- offering no solution!!!

One way or the other i have concluded that there is a  bug in Windows 10 (maybe other previous versions too) and/or Microsoft does not want to advertise the "secret" Admin password.  (understandable to some extent as they may want a back door into the system for whatever reason)

Solution for my problem would be: do not allow the only user created User to have its user type changed unless another Administrator user is created first;  

Now i's stuck trying to user third party hacking software to change the password, no success yet, but if i am successful who know what other tracking/hacking/ software will have been loaded on my new PC  - go the Chinese!!!! 

Hopefully someone at Microsoft can off a solution other than reformatting my PC and loading windows from scratch!

Answer 1

Thanks for your input,

I found a solution: 

PasswordResetKey.com

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?\_from=R40&\_trksid=m570.l1313&\_nkw=passwordresetkey&\_sacat=0

I bought on ebay, $24.95

Plugged in the USB Port, rebooted the PC, option came up on the screen, reset password, rebooted, entered new password, took me a while but problem solved, 

I have tried other password programs like lazysoft but they could not load my disk drive for some reason, 

Microsfot should consider a fix for this bug,  or maybe they own PasswordResetKey.com and just make a few extra dollars!

Kevin

Answer 2

Hi KD1962

Yes, you are correct, it is a huge bug in Windows that it allows the only user profile on a PC to be changed to a basic account, because there always needs to be at least one Admin account on a Windows PC, otherwise you are locked out of making any meaningful changes to the PC

The default Administrator account in Windows 10 does not have a password assigned by default, unless the manufacturer or retailer of your PC activated that account (it is not normally visible) and applied a password to that account, you should contact them to see if they applied a password to that account while setting up your PC

If that software you are using does not resolve this for you, then your only option would be to reset Windows 10 . . .