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win11PasswordReset.md

Win 11 inplace password reset

Desctiption

You forgot your password, tutorials did not help because there is no utilman.exe and you don't want to create a third party password recovery/hacking disk on a usb drive? Follow along.

Guide

  • Get into recovery menu
    • On any pc:
      • Boot into lockscreen, hold shift key and klick on reboot wuth the mouse, then release shift
    • On lenovo pc's (my case)
      • Turn pc completely off
      • hold Fn key and press the power key
      • A menu will pop up, choose Recovery something
  • Click on Troubleshoot, then Command Prompt (cmd.exe will pop up)
  • execute these commands seperately (enter after each command)
    • diskpart
    • list volume -> A list of volumes will pop up, see which one is your windows containing disk
    • select volume X where X is the volume containing windows installation
    • exit
    • copy C:\Windows\System32\utilman.exe C:\Windows\System32\utilman.exe.bak -> backup utilman
    • copy C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe C:\Windows\System32\utilman.exe -> confirm overrwrite
    • exit
  • Reboot
  • In lockscreen, click the Accessibility icon in the bottom right corner -> cmd.exe will pop up
  • net user XXX YYY -> where XXX is your username and YYY is your new desired password
  • Login using that new password
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