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My daughter has forgotten her password for her laptop, the niceman at the shop did however setup an administrators password, which only I know. Can I reset her password and pleeeease how do I do it. Its Easter and a 12 yr old daughter is no fun around the house with Laptop

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described a common and easily solvable situation: an administrator password is known while the child's account password is forgotten. As noted, the administrator account is the correct starting point. Below are safe, practical alternatives and important cautions to avoid data loss.

If the administrator can sign in, a quick and controlled way to set access back is to reset the local account password from admin tools or an elevated command prompt. In many Windows editions the following command (run from an elevated Command Prompt) will set a new temporary password for the child account:

net user "DaughterAccountName" "NewTempPassword123"

After signing in with that temporary password the child account should immediately change its password from inside Windows (that preserves encrypted file keys where possible). For accounts that are Microsoft/online accounts, the password must be reset through Microsofts account recovery flow instead of a local reset.

Cautions: if the child used EFS to encrypt files, an administrator reset will not restore the original EFS private key and encrypted files may become inaccessible. BitLocker-protected drives require the recovery key before making system changes. For future prevention, create a password-reset USB or enable a parental/administrative recovery method. Third-party “password recovery” tools exist, but they carry risks and should be a last resort.

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My daughter has forgotten her password for her laptop, the niceman at the shop did however setup an administrators password, which only I know. Can I reset her password and pleeeease how do I do it. Its Easter and a 12 yr old daughter is no fun around the house with Laptop

when in yours go to ,start/control panel /users and click on your daughters acct and click on to remove password and just follow the prompts ,good luck

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