Forgot laptop password

I have forgotten my laptop password, please help me reset the password.


Affordable-Laptop 16-09-19, 6:11 p.m. deepakgupta

At the login screen do the following:

  1. cntl + alt + f1
  2. Login
    1. user: root
    2. password: debian
  3. Once you login to root account (with '#' sign on the prompt), change your user password
  4. passwd user
    1. It will prompt you for the new password twice
  5. cntl+ alt + f7 (or f8)
  6. Login with your newly created password
17-09-19, 12:39 a.m. Srikant
Dear Srikant,
Thanks a lot for your quick response. It solved the issue.


17-09-19, 2:07 a.m. deepakgupta

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So I was dumb enough to forget the password of my new Windows 10 ASUS laptop and I've tried guessing it but I've given up.  I have no password recovery disk since the laptop is new and there isn't anything important on it.emi calculator gst login ifsc code


21-01-20, 6:28 p.m. beffon

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