Yeah. I’d appreciate it more if they kept the blue screens but solved the problems that make them appear so frequently.
And while you’re at it, MS, you can also make it possible to get back in when a computer glitch screws up the acceptance of a PIN or password.
This is an actual bit of advice from the Microsoft web site:
If you forget the administrator password and don’t have a password reset disk or another administrator account, you won’t be able to reset the password. If there are no other user accounts on the computer, you won’t be able to log on to Windows and will need to re-install Windows.
That’s wrong of course, in many ways.
First of all, I didn’t “forget” jack. The problem is yours, not mine. During a routine shutdown/boot-up, your system just suddenly stopped accepting the same password it has used for 10 years. Take responsibility for your fuck-ups, figure out why this happens, and solve it.
Second, many people have faced and solved the problem, and there are tutorials online. (Of course you need to use a phone or second computer to view the tutorials, but that’s not such a big deal.) For example, one guy on YouTube specializes in dumpster-dive computers, so he learned to get in without ever knowing the password of the original user. At least tell us that on your website before we re-install the OS.
Third, this is something that should be fixed by the system designers, and the workarounds should be offered by the originators, not by a random dumpster diver!
Fourth, it’s no longer possible to talk to a Microsoft troubleshooter when their website has outdated, incomplete or incorrect advice. You get shunted off to third parties, and they charge for their time.
I’m no expert, but I’d you don’t know the password or it’s not accepted, couldn’t you just boot into Safe Mode?
Yes, if safe mode had loaded properly – with access to a command prompt. That was the first thing I tried. Even in safe mode, it still told me the username and password were incorrect, and wouldn’t give me the c prompt (which would have allowed me to fix it). Fortunately, there were hacks.
Anyway, the point is this: Why didn’t the Microsoft page tell me to try that before re-installing Windows?
I’ve used Petter Nordahl Hagen’s “Offline NT Password & Registry Editor (NTPasswd) utility” to bypass and reset passwords for every version of Windows up to Windows 10. I haven’t had the chance to try it on a W11 computer yet. Here is a site with info …
Remove the spaces …
https : // adamtheautomator . com / ntpasswd /
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That’s already done. Link works fine.,