How to Change Windows 10 Microsoft Account Password after Lost

After Windows 10 Microsoft account lost password for computer logon, whether we can reset or change Microsoft account password and then sign in Windows 10 computer with new password?

Surely we can. Just like the passage, it has introduced how to change Windows 10 Microsoft account password with Microsoft service.

Change Windows 10 Lost Password on Microsoft Account Password Reset Page

Step 1: Open Microsoft account password reset page.

Step 2: Choose the reason why you cannot sign in Windows 10 computer, such as "I forgot my password". Click Next.

Step 3: Enter your Microsoft account (email or phone number) used for Windows 10 login and type verification code. Click Next.

Step 4: Choose the way how you would like to get security code, generally the email. Click on "Send code" button.

Step 5: Enter e-mail you use to receive security code.  And you would see a email from Microsoft. Browse the email to get code.

Tips: If you don’t recognize the Microsoft account you typed, you can remove email address from that account.

Step 6: Go to Microsoft account verification page, and enter security code you get, and click Next button.

Step 7: Type a new password and confirm it to use for Windows 10 Microsoft account logon. Tap next.

Step 8: Your Microsoft account password has been changed. You can now use new password to login into Microsoft account or login Windows 10 with Microsoft account and new password. 

Or enable two-step verification and then sign in Microsoft account with new password.

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Hide or Show Search Box on Taskbar using Registry Editor

How do you hide or show search box on taskbar in Windows 10 computer? In this article, you’ll learn how to make it through changing the related value data in Registry Editor.

Step 1: Access Registry Editor.

Sub-step 1: Press Windows+R to launch Run, type regedit and tap OK.

Sub-step 2: Choose Yes in the User Account Control dialog.

Step 2: Open the value named SearchboxTaskbarMode.

In detail, it is located in HKEY_CURRENT_USER/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Search.

Step 3: Change the value data.

1.    To hide search box, input 0 in the value data box and click OK.

2.    To display search box, type 2 in the value data box and hit OK.

Step 4: Restart the computer.

Tap the bottom-left Start button on the desktop, click Power and select Restart.

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Forgot Windows 10 Microsoft Account Password No Reset Disk

Microsoft account (MSN account) has been set to login Windows 10 computer. However, I forgot Microsoft account password and it could not sign in Windows 10 now, and there is no reset disk available to reset Windows 10 local user password. So how can I do to login into Windows 10 again without reset disk?

No reset disk for resetting Windows 10 Microsoft account password? Please follow the way below to sign in Windows 10 again.

Reset Win 10 Microsoft account password on Microsoft account password reset page

On Microsoft account password reset page, you could easily reset forgotten Microsoft account password without any other help.  What you need to do is to follow the wizards on the password reset page to do step by step.

1. Open Microsoft account password reset page, and choose the reason "I forgot my password". Click Next.

2.  Type Microsoft account you want to reset its password, and verification code, and click Next.

3. Choose the way you want to get security code, e-mail, text messages or call. Usually, the e-mail is used commonly to receive security code to verify your identity. So type the email you want to get security code and click "Send code".

4. Sign into your e-mail and you can see the security code in e-mail Microsoft has sent to you.

5. Enter security code you get in Code box, and click Next.

6. Now you can reset the Microsoft account password. Type a new password twice for Microsoft account and click Next.

You will be prompted that "Your account has been recovered", and "Your password was changed". Now you can click Next to sign in Microsoft with the account and new password. Or use it to login in your Windows 8/10 computer that has been set to sign in with Microsoft account.

Surely, if your Windows 10 computer is set to login with local user account automatically, only you reset Windows 10 local user password, can you sign in Windows 10 computer again with local account and new password or without password.

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2 Ways to Disable Delete Confirmation Dialog in Windows 10

Do you feel bothered if a confirmation dialog always displays when you delete files on your Windows 10 PC? If your answer is affirmative, you can disable the dialog using the two methods illustrated below.

Way 1: Disable delete confirmation dialog in Local Group Policy Editor.

Step 1: Press Windows+R to open Run, type gpedit.msc and click OK to turn on Local Group Policy Editor.

Step 2: Open User Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows Components/File Explorer/Display confirmation dialog when deleting files.

Step 3: Choose Disabled and tap OK to disable the setting.

Tip: If the setting is not configured, the same goal can be achieved.

Way 2: Disable delete confirmation dialog in Recycle Bin Properties.

Step 1: Right-click Recycle Bin and choose Properties on the menu.

Step 2: Deselect Display delete confirmation dialog and hit OK in the Recycle Bin Properties window.

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A Brand New Way to Open Settings in Windows 10

How do you open Settings (referring to the following picture) in Windows 10 computer? In this article, you may learn a brand new method. Just read on.

On the desktop, click the Action Center icon on the taskbar, and then select All settings in the panel, as exhibited in the following screen shot.

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Windows 8 File Recovery - How to Recover Deleted Files in Windows 8

How can you do to recover Windows 8 files when Windows 8 data lost or deleted?

As is known, while Windows 8 is refreshed, reset, formatted, or attacked by virus etc, there is a great possibility that, Windows 8 data would be lost or deleted. It also seems that lost Windows 8 data could not be recovered longer.

But is it real? I don’t think so. Data recovery tool I have used to recover my Windows 7 computer has ever easily restore Windows 7 deleted data back. I think this tool would also apply to Windows 8 file recovery. Now let’s see how does it recover Windows 8 deleted files?

Step 1: Download and install data recovery tool Data Genius on computer.

Step 2: Run it and choose Window 8 data recovery mode.

Deleted Recovery mode is the default data recovery mode that is intended to deleted files from computer, removable data storage, such as USB device or CD/DVD-ROM. If you think it is OK for you, just need to click “Next” button to go on.

If you want to make data recovery address in more detail, you can choose another data recovery mode, such as Format Recovery, Raw File Recovery and Partition Recovery.

Step 3: Select the driver where Windows 8 lost data, such as C:/ and click Scan button to browse Windows driver.

About few seconds or minutes later, Windows 8 deleted data are found and shown in new screen.  

Step 4: Preview Windows 8 deleted data one by one folder and check the Windows 8 lost data you want to recover.

Step 5: Click Recover button to restore and save Windows 8 deleted data on computer.

When you have checked all of lost Windows 8 data you want to recover, just click "Recover" button and choose a folder in pop-up dialog to save the data that will be recovered. Instantly, Data Genius will prompt you that "Recovery is finished". Now click "OK" and finish Windows 8 file recovery.

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Six Options to Sign in Locked Windows 10 PC/Laptop/Tablet

When windows 10 login password forgot or lost, how can you sign in Windows 10? Now the article summarizes six options you can choose to login Windows 10 before or after resetting Windows 10 login password?

Before resetting Windows 10 password, three sign-in options are available if you have them before locked out of Windows 10 computer.

1. PIN code or picture password for Windows 10 login user.
2. Another local admin account. If there is, it should appear at the bottom of Windows 10 logon screen. Just choose it and type password to enter Windows 10.
3. Built-in Administrator. Unless you have enabled it, it would not be available for Windows 10 logon.

After resetting Windows 10 password, you would get more three options to sign in Windows 10 PC/laptop/tablet.

1. Sign in Windows 10 without password.
2. Access Windows 10 with login user and new password.
3. Login Windows 10 with new administrator.

Believe it's easy for everyone to sign in Windows 10 before resetting Windows 10 password, because all of the sign-in options are shown in Windows 10 logon screen for you to choose.

But how can we create new Windows 10 sign-in options and how to login into Windows 10 after password reset? This is a question worth to considering sincerely, especially while Windows user has no PIN code or picture password, and another administrator, and built-in administrator has not been enabled.

Now the follow three ways would answer this question about creating new Windows 10 sign-in options. And while you have no choices without resetting windows 10 password, you could only use ways below if you want to sign in Windows 10.

                                                                                                               

1. Password Reset Wizard. If password reset disk has been created, you can click "Reset Password" on Windows logon screen after typing wrong password, to run Password Reset Wizard to reset Windows 10 forgotten password. Then sign in Windows 10 without password or new password.

2. Windows password recovery tool, which can create reset disk and remove forgotten password, create new administrator, so you can sign in windows 10 without password, with new administrator after using windows password recovery tool.

3. Windows 10 installation CD and command prompt also could reset windows 10 password.

While you reboot windows 10 computer from installation cd, and replace utilman.exe with cmd.exe, you could restart windows 10 and run command prompt to reset windows 10 user password, even though windows 10 computer is locked at that time.

With command, you can remove windows 10 password, reset windows 10 password, create new administrator. So with this way, you can sign in windows 10 without password, new user password or new administrator.

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