Losing or forgetting your Windows password is not just frustrating; it can be catastrophic, since it might cost you all the data locked away on that computer. More than once I've lost track of the old ...

A USB "key" seeking funding on Kickstarter contains software that can reset any forgotten Windows password to regain access to your account. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to ...

Sometimes you can easily forget your local password, especially, when you log in to your Windows PC automatically. If you have to type in your password, and you have forgotten it, don't worry. There ...

Losing your Windows password can be a nightmare. Not only are you completely locked out of your system, but all of your data is still in there. It’s like losing the key to a vault that holds ...

The easiest way to reset a forgotten Windows password is to use a previously created password-reset disk. You can create such a disk (on USB removable media or a floppy) within the Windows User ...

Forgetting your Microsoft account password can lock you out of essential services like Outlook, OneDrive, and Microsoft 365. Whether you need to change a known password or reset one you've forgotten, ...

On the first day after your vacation, you sit down at your PC, type in the password — and fail. Windows says: “The password is incorrect. Please repeat the process” and expects you to click “OK.” ...

Lately, it seems the more Windows computers I work on, the more users have forgotten their password, or they didn’t tell me the password, and when I can’t reach them, I am stuck with no option to get ...