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Now many people have upgraded Windows 10 to Windows 11. And it is common to set the login password to protect your Windows 11 computer. But when you forgot Windows 11 login password, how can you reset it without data loss? You can learn 4 effective ways in this article.
If you added the security questions option when you added the local account on Windows 11, you can reset Windows 11 forgotten password via answering security questions as long as you know all correct answers.
Step 1: In Windows 11 login interface, type in any number when you forgot the password and press Enter key.
Step 2: : Click the OK button when it tells you the password is incorrect.
Step 3: Click the Reset password option under the password box.
Step 4: You need to enter the correct answer to each question. When it is finished, click the arrow in the last answer box to submit answers.
Step 5: You will be asked to enter the new password and confirm it. Finally, you will sign in Windows 11 using the new password as usual.
If you fail to enter right security questions or you did not set the security questions option, how can you reset the forgotten login password for you local account. You can use the password reset disk if you have created one before.
Step 1: Start the computer and then input any password. After you get the incorrect password message, click the OK button to back to the sign in interface.
Step 2: Then click the Reset Password option.
Step 3: Slide down to click Use a password reset disk instead option. And you should plug the password reset disk you created before for this account into this computer.
Step 4: In no time, the Password Reset Wizard comes and you can click the Next button.
Step 5: Select the password reset disk and click the Next button.
Step 6: Here you can type a new password for the account. Click the Next button to go ahead.
Step 7: Click the Finish button and then you can go back to Windows 11 login screen to sign into your account with the new password.
If you do not have the password reset disk and there are also no security questions for your account, how can you change the Windows 11 password safely when you forgot it? You can create a recovery drive and input NTPWEdit into the drive on another accessible computer. After that, you can change the login password of the locked Windows 11 PC with that drive. This process is a little complicated and time-wasting. If you want a simple one, go directly to Way 4.
As your Windows 11 is locked, you need to find another workable Windows computer to conduct the following operations. Besides, connect a USB flash drive into this computer in advance.
1. Click the search icon on the toolbar and then enter create a recovery drive. Next, hit the Open option.
2. Click Yes when it asks whether you allow this app to make changes to your device.
3. Uncheck the Back up system files to the recovery drive option and click Next.
4. Select your USB flash drive and click Next.
5. There is a warning to tell you that everything on the drive will be deleted. If you have backed up the data in the USB drive, click Create to continue.
6. Wait for the creation of recovery drive. When it is ready, click the Finish button to end this process.
1. Visit http://cdslow.org.ru/en/ntpwedit/ and find ntpwed07.zip download option. Right click it and select Save link as option.
2. Locate to your recovery drive and then save the zip file into it.
3. Open your recovery drive and find the downloaded ntpwed07.zip file. Right-click it and choose Extract All to extract ntpwed07 zip file to this drive.
4. The recovery drive is selected by default. And you can click Extract button to extract files.
5. When it is complete, you can see all extracted files on the recovery drive.
1. Disconnect the USB drive with the accessible Windows computer and then plug it into the locked Windows 11 computer. Then start the Windows 11 computer and press F12 to enter the boot menu. After that, select the USB flash drive to boot.
2. Select US as your keyboard layout.
3. Select Troubleshoot option to go ahead.
4. Choose Command Prompt to run CMD.
5. Type in diskpart command line and press Enter key.
6. Type in list volume command line and press Enter key. Then you can see the number of your Windows 11 system drive.
7. Type in select volume 0 command line and press Enter key. (0 is the number of your Windows 11 system drive)
8. Type in assign letter=“W” command line and press Enter key.
9. Type in list volume command line and press Enter key. Then you can see W is the drive letter of the Windows 11 system.
10. Type in exit command line to exit diskpart utility.
1. Input notepad command line and press Enter key to open notepad.
2. In the opening notepad, go to click File > Open… option.
3. In the Open windows, go to the Files of type section and then choose All Files from the drop-down menu.
4. Then choose This PC from the left side and click your recovery drive on the right menu.
5. Click ntpwed07 folder in your recovery drive.
6. Right-click ntpwedit64 application to choose Open option.
7. Immediately, the NTPWEdit application runs. And you can click the Open button on its interface to get the user list.
8. You can select your local account from the User list and then click Change password option.
9. Enter your new password twice and then click the OK button. If you do not need password any more, you can keep fields empty.
10. Click Save changes and then the Exit button to close NTPWEdit program.
11. Come back to your command prompt and then close it.
12. Then click Continue to enter your new Windows 11 password to sign into the PC.
iSunshare Windows Password Genius provides you a much easier way to reset/remove Windows 11 local account password when you failed in security questions and with no pre-created password reset disk. You can easily create the password reset disk with this software and then boot the locked Windows 11 computer from the password reset disk to reset the forgotten password. No data loss during the whole process.
Step 1: Download and install iSunshare Windows Password Genius on an accessible Windows computer.
Step 2: Select the USB device option to make a password reset disk for all accounts on your locked Windows 11 computer.
Step 3: Plug a USB flash drive into this computer and then select it into iSunshare Windows Password Genius select box. After that, click Begin burning button.
Step 4: The warning box pops out to warn you that this operation will erase the USB drive. You need to click Yes to continue.
Step 5: The password reset disk is created successfully for your locked Windows 11 computer. You can click the OK button and then close the software.
Step 6: Disconnect the USB flash drive from the computer and then insert it into your Windows 11 computer. Start your Windows 11 computer and press F12 to set computer to boot from USB.
After that, iSunshare Windows Password Genius is on.
Step 7: In the software interface, the Windows 11 system is selected by default. You need to choose the user account that you forgot the password and then click Reset Password button.
Step 8: Click Yes to remove the forgotten password.
Step 9: Finally, click the Reboot button and then the Yes button to restart the Windows 11 computer.
In no time, Windows 11 computer runs with no need to enter the login password as it is removed.
