How to put a password on Windows, remove it and reset, if you forget
Educational Program Vindovs / / December 19, 2019
Windows password security mechanism protects user data and settings. But it can also cause discomfort and serious problems. Layfhaker explains how to properly handle a password in different situations.
Note that for most of the instructions in this article you should use the local Windows user account with administrative privileges.
How to put a password on a Windows computer
If your computer can access other people, it is wise to protect your Windows password. So your settings and data will be safe: no special knowledge, no one can view or edit them. Windows will ask for a password when the computer is turned on, by changing the account or after coming out of sleep mode.
How to put a password on Windows 10
- Open the "Start» → «Settings" (in the form of the gear icon) → "Accounts» → «Input parameters."
- Click "Add" under the item "Password".
- Fill out the fields in accordance with the system prompts and click "Finish".
How to put a password on a Windows 8.1, 8
- In the right-hand sidebar, click "Options" (in the form of the gear icon) → "Change PC settings". The menu window that opens, select "Accounts" (or "Users"), and then "Login Options".
- Click on the button "Create a password».
- Fill out the fields, click "Next" and "Finish".
How to put a password on Windows 7, Vista, XP
- Open the "Start» → «Control Panel» → «User Accounts."
- Select the desired account and click "Create a password" or just click "Create a password for your account."
- Fill in the fields using the hint system and click on the "Create a password".
How to remove the password when logging on to Windows any version
If outsiders do not have physical access to your computer may better protect disabled. This eliminates the need to enter a password each time the system is started.
- Use the key combination Windows + R and type in the command line netplwiz (or control userpasswords2If the first command does not work). Press Enter.
- In the window that opens, select the account in the list for which you want to remove the password and uncheck the checkbox next to the item "must enter a user name and password." Click OK.
- Enter a password, confirm it and click OK.
Windows can not ask for a password only when the computer is turned on. But if you lock the screen (keys Windows + L), log out or the computer goes into sleep mode, the display will still request a password.
If the option is "must enter a user name and password" will not be available or you do not want to disable and completely remove the Windows password, try another way for more experienced users.
To do this, open the Account Management section of one of the instructions at the beginning of this article.
If the open section will be told that you are using the online profile of Microsoft (entrance via email and password), disable it. Then use the hint system to create a local profile, but in the process do not complete the field for the password.
After you disable Microsoft account system will stop sync your settings and files on different computers. Some applications may refuse to work.
If the Account Management menu will initially active local profile, then simply change the current password, leave the field empty for a new password.
When you delete the old password, the system will never ask for it, until you add a new one.
How to remove a password when waking up from sleep
If you disable the password query when you start Windows, the system still can request it upon awakening. But you can deactivate this function separately with these instructions.
How to remove the password on wakeup Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7 and Vista
- In the search bar, type in Windows' Power Options "and click on the link found at the section of the same name. Or search for it manually through the "Control Panel".
- Click "Require a password on wakeup", then "Change settings that are currently unavailable" and check the option "Do not ask for a password."
- Save your changes.
How to remove Windows XP password when waking up
- Open the "Control Panel» → «Power».
- In the resulting window, click the "Advanced" tab and uncheck the checkbox next to the item "Prompt for password when computer resumes from standby".
- Save your changes.
How to reset the password on any version of Windows
If you have forgotten your password and can not log into the local Windows administrator account, it is not necessary to reinstall the operating system. There is a way easier: reset password protection. To do this, you need another computer, USB-drive and a free utility to reset the password.
Create a bootable USB flash drive on another PC
- Download the installer program Lazesoft Recover My Password on any available computer.
- Run the downloaded file and follow the installation.
- Connect the USB flash drive to the computer. If necessary, make a copy of files stored on it, because all the information will have to be removed.
- Open Lazesoft Recover My Password, click Burn Bootable CD / USB Disk Now! and create a bootable USB flash drive using the program prompts.
Boot the computer using the USB drive
- Insert the prepared USB-drive to the computer, the password of which you have forgotten.
- Turn on (or restart) your computer and as soon as it starts, press the switch to the BIOS settings. Usually it is F2, F8, F9 or F12 - depends on the manufacturer. Most often, the correct key is displayed on the screen during the BIOS boot time.
- While in the BIOS setup menu, go to the Boot boot partition, if the system is not sending you there immediately.
- In the Boot install a USB flash drive in the first place in the list of devices that appears on the screen. If you do not know how to do this, look around - next should be clues about control.
- Save your changes.
If the BIOS is also protected by a password that you do not know, you can not reset the Windows password protection using Lazesoft Recover My Password.
Perhaps, instead of the classic BIOS, you will see a more modern graphical interface. In addition, even in a variety of older versions may differ BIOS settings. But in any case the procedure is about the same: go to the Boot boot menu, select the desired source USB-drive and save the changes.
The computer should boot from a flash drive, which recorded a utility Lazesoft Recover My Password.
Reset password Lazesoft Recover My Password
- Select Lazesoft Live CD (EMS Enabled) and press Enter.
- Reset the password for your account using Lazesoft Recover My Password prompts.
- Restart a computer.
After these actions will stop Windows request the old password, you can ask for new instructions at the beginning of the article.