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Account is locked out on Windows 10. There is no other account. I disabled Admin Account.

I went thru the motions of password reset disk (USB) thinking that would help, but it's no use. After I retype new password, confirm, click next.. it says "An error occurred".

It kind of makes sense as I know the password, I have not forgotten it, so I don't want to reset, I want to unlock the Account.

Is there a command line to unlock the account?

EDIT: My question was about unlocking my existing account, not enabling the default Admin account. Whether that other question/answer will actually work for my case, I don't have time right now to download ISO's and follow thru with the procedure to confirm such. Maybe next time, but for now I've gone with the Linux way.

Dave M
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joedotnot
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You need a bootable linux media that has the chntpw command.

The chntpw linux command has the ability to unlock your account. However, I have never gotten the set password to work. In fact, setting a password from this utility, for me, has always broken the password. The only option I know works for certain is the clear password option.

Unlocking your account and clearing the password are 2 different menu options.

Once you login with no password you can change the password back from within windows.

cybernard
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