so you forgot your Windows 10 password don't worry it's pretty easy to reset it
and I'll show you how
so here's the deal when you log into Windows 10 you're probably using your
Microsoft account password because that's what you use to get into all of
your microsoft services if you forget that password windows gives you a way to
reset it I'll show you how it works so here I am at the password screen and
oh god I forgot my password is it this I don't know
so now Windows 10 is going to tell you your passwords incorrect and it'll show
you a URL that you can use to go and reset your password so I'm pretending
that I'm going to another PC so I can go on to this website and reset my password
so we're going to account live.com slash password / reset and here Windows is
going to ask you why can't you sign in and I'm going to say I'm a spazz and I
forgot my password sorry hit next and here's where you recover
your account so again Windows is trying to protect
your PC from people who are trying to get in and find your current password so
you're never going to get your old password back no big deal you've
forgotten it anyway right you're going to have to prove you are who you are so
that you can reset your password so here we go I need to enter my Microsoft
account and it's right here and then it's going to do one of those letter
tests so that you can prove that you're not a bot so I'm going to do this and oh
this is a little hard s and go to next yes I passed so now they need to verify
your identity in another way and what you've hopefully set up in your Windows
10 account already are secondary ways that they can contact you to make sure
you are who you are so I've set up a way for Windows to contact me via text
message or via my phone number to you know warn me of anything that's going on
so that's what I'm looking at here so how would I like to get my security code
I'm going to have you text me and then they want to verify that this is your
phone number again they want to make sure you are who you are so I'm going to
enter the last four digits of my phone number and then click send code my phone
is going to show up with the text which it did and I'm going to enter the code
that's on it and then I hit next and now this is where I reset my password so
again your old password gone forever I have to set up a new one
and then I have to type it again
and hit next
so now I'm going to hypothetically go back to my locked system and reenter my
new password and see if I can get in so here we go this is it the moment of
truth can she remember the password she set two minutes ago
success I'm back in so as you can see as long as you have your back up text
message and phone number things set up windows makes it really easy for you to
recover your password and it makes it very hard for hackers to find out your
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