How to Change Windows 10 Password
26How to Change Windows 10 Password.
Your Windows account password may be a local user account password or the same password as your Microsoft account. Whichever you’re using, you can change it from the Settings app and sign in with a different password.
You can also change your password through Microsoft’s website (if it’s a Microsoft account) or change a forgotten password from the sign-in screen.
Even if you don't have a treasure map located on your laptop, your Windows 10 password is still very important. If you suspect someone has your password, you've been re-using passwords and decide to be safer or simply feel like changing it, Microsoft gives you three different options to go about securing your device. We've tested each method and laid out how to change your password in Windows 10 in several simple steps.
There’s not much point to having a user account in Windows 10 if you don’t have a password (and one that can be changed when needed). Without one, Charles from the next cubicle can click your account on the Sign In screen, which gives him free reign to snoop through your files.
Administrators, especially, should have passwords. If they don’t, they’re automatically letting anybody wreak havoc with the PC: When a permission’s screen appears, anybody can just press Enter at the password screen to gain entrance.
Microsoft account holders can change their passwords online. Local account holders can create or change a password by following these steps:
We’ve all done it before. You sit down to log into your Windows machine, type in what you think is the password, and bang, you realize you forgot what it was! You scramble to try different combinations of letters and numbers to see what will fit, but nothing works. What do you do now?
Thankfully, the process of recovering your password in Windows 10 is much the same as it has been in Windows 8 and above, albeit with a few slight tweaks. Here’s how you can recover both your Microsoft Live 10 login, as well as the credentials for any other users registered with the local machine.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).