How to Unlock Acer Laptop Windows 10 If Forgot Admin Password

“I forgot my admin password and am unable to access my Acer laptop Windows 10. How can I unlock my Acer laptop password Windows 10 without affecting the data in the laptop?”

In fact, the fastest way to unlock Acer laptop Windows 10 is resetting the forgotten admin password. Usually, you can use another admin account available on your Windows 10 to reset the forgotten password. If there is only one admin account on your Acer laptop, you will need to try some other methods. This article will show you three popular methods for resetting Acer laptop password Windows 10 and then unlock it as usual without losing any of your files.

Method 1: Use Your Windows 10 Password Reset Disk to Unlock Acer Laptop.

If you have previously created a password reset disk for you Windows 10 admin account when you still can sign in, unlocking your Acer laptop would be very easy. You just need to use the password reset disk to reset your forgotten Windows 10 admin password from the login screen and then use the new password to unlock the Acer laptop Windows 10 as usual. All data in the laptop will remain unchanged. Let’s see how to use a password reset disk in Windows 10. It is free!

Step 1: Power on your Acer laptop and insert your password reset disk. In the Windows 10 login screen, select your admin account and enter a password. If the password is wrong, Windows will tell you that the password you entered is incorrect. Just click “OK” to go back to the login screen. A link for resetting forgotten password will be shown under the password box. Click the link.

Step 2: Windows 10 password reset wizard will be displayed on the screen. Click “Next” to continue.

Step 3: In the drive list, select the password reset disk. Then click “Next”. The wizard will use the information on the reset disk to help you reset the account password.

Step 4: Now you can choose a new password for the admin account. Enter a new password twice and then click “Next”.

Step 5: Click “Finish” to close the wizard and then you can use the new password to unlock Acer laptop Windows 10.

Method 2: Unlock Acer Laptop Password Windows 10 with Command Prompt.

In Windows 10 Operating System, there is a backdoor for you to reset user account password with Command Prompt. It is still working well in earlier versions of Windows 10. This is a popular way to reset forgotten Windows 10 admin password without using any software. So, we can use this to unlock Acer laptop password Windows 10. The following procedure will show you how to use Command Prompt to reset Windows administrator password and unlock an Acer laptop. All you need to do is preparing an official Windows 10 installation DVD.

Step 1: Place your Windows 10 installation DVD into the DVD-ROM of your Acer laptop. Then reboot the laptop from DVD.

Step 2: A moment later, Windows setup box will be loaded on the screen. Simply click “Next”.

Step 3: In the next box, select “Repair your computer”.

Step 4: “Choose an option” screen appears, select “Troubleshoot” -> “Advanced options” -> “Command Prompt”.

Step 5: Command window pops up, type the following commands and hit Enter key after each one.

1. C:

2. Cd windows

3. Cd system32

4. Ren utilman.exe utilman_bak.exe

5. Copy cmd.exe utilman.exe

Step 6: Close the command window and then select continue boot. When Windows 10 login screen appears, click “Ease of access” icon.

Step 7: Command window appears on the screen. Type “net user” and hit Enter key. You can see all local user accounts of your Windows 10. To reset a user account password, type “net user [user name] [new password]” and then press Enter key. The user account password will be changed to the new one. Close the command window and then you can use the new password to unlock the Acer laptop Windows 10.

Method 3: Reset/Unlock Acer Laptop Password Windows 10 with Professional Tool.

If the methods mentioned above don’t work for you, you can use Spower Windows Password Reset Professional to easily reset your forgotten Windows 10 administrator password and then unlock your Acer laptop without password.

Spower Windows Password Reset Professional is an all-in-one Windows password reset tool which can help reset local user account password for any Windows OS such as Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, Xp, Windows server 201, 2016, 2012/R2, 2008/R2, 2003, etc. It is currently one of the best Windows password reset tools on the net. Step-by-step guide to unlock Acer laptop password Windows 10 is given bellow. You can try it yourself.

Step 1: Create a password recovery disk on another computer.

Spower Windows Password Reset Professional allows users to create password recovery disk with CD/DVD and USB flash drive. Here we will take a USB flash drive for example.

1. Install Spower Windows Password Reset Professional on a working computer. (You can download it from: ms-windowspasswordreset.com) Plug in a blank USB flash drive to the computer and then launch the software. On the friendly interface, select “USB Device”.

2. Drop down the drive list and select the USB you just plugged. Then click “Begin Burning” to create a password recovery disk. This process will be completed in a minute.

Step 2: Use the USB password recovery disk to unlock your Acer laptop Windows 10 by resetting the administrator password.

1. Plug the USB flash drive into your Acer laptop and then boot the laptop from USB. (Detailed procedure of this step.)

2. A moment later, Spower Windows Password Reset Professional will appear on the screen. Click your Windows 10 OS and then click your administrator account in list.

3. To reset the administrator password, click “Reset” button and confirm it.

4. The administrator password will be removed and shown “Blank” in list.

5. Click “Reboot”. A confirm message will be displayed. Unplug the USB flash drive and then click “Yes”.

6. The laptop will restart and then you can unlock your Acer laptop Windows 10 without password.