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Like the title, I forgot the Administrator password. Help me....!
(I don't have any other Administrator accounts)
Either of those two links can be used to enable the hidden Administrator's account (it is disabled by default).
Without a second admin account, that might be your only recourse.
Other than that you will probably need to use a third party software product
http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ which is free but doesn't seem to work very well on UEFI BIOS machines unless you know how to disable secure boot and switch to legacy bios to boot the CD
OR
http://www.pcunlocker.com/buy.html which is a commercial product. I own the Enterprise version which seems to work well on anything I've come up against.
 
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Either of those two links can be used to enable the hidden Administrator's account (it is disabled by default).
Without a second admin account, that might be your only recourse.
Other than that you will probably need to use a third party software product
http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ which is free but doesn't seem to work very well on UEFI BIOS machines unless you know how to disable secure boot and switch to legacy bios to boot the CD
OR
http://www.pcunlocker.com/buy.html which is a commercial product. I own the Enterprise version which seems to work well on anything I've come up against.


they all need to create a bootable USB reset disk? and how much storage does it need?
 

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Since you quoted my post, I'm guessing you are referring to the two programs I linked to.
In both cases I believe that they were intended to run from CD roms so they are relatively small.
I have PCUnlocker Enterprise on a 4 gig flash drive and it is showing 3,53 GB free if 3.71 GB
 
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You may find it necessary to enable the hidden Administrator's account in order to gain access to your computer.
There are two methods of doing so, that I have tried and found to work on Windows 10.
They both require a bit of work.....
http://pureinfotech.com/2015/11/20/how-reset-windows-10-forgotten-password-regain-access-computer/
AND
https://www.windows10forums.com/threads/keeps-saying-incorrect-password.1185/#post-12550

thanks, but I also found many other similar windows password recovery software out there like iSeePassword, UUkeys, Aissoft, and found all of them are not free.

http://www.iseepassword.com/reset-windows-10-password.html

and
http://www.uukeys.com/reset-windows-10-password.html

is it necessary to purchase it?
 
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Hello, you can enable Windows hidden administrator which can help you solve the forgotten password. Also, CMD may work as well, but I think it is a little complicated and annoying.

You can refer to: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...nd-disable-the-built-in-administrator-account

Besides, I think you can have a try of this third party software which can help you recover the password and enable the hidden administrator. It provide free version to let customer to check whether the account password is resetable.

You can refer to: https://www.reneelab.com/reset-windows-10-password-without-reset-disk.html
 
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