Forgot Lenovo Laptop Password, What Can I Do?

Scenario: Forgot Lenovo laptop password

“I lost the password to my Lenovo V570 laptop. My Lenovo laptop came pre-installed with Windows 7 Home Basic, but I updated it to Windows 10 in 2015, when it was free to do so. Nevertheless, I am now locked out of my Lenovo laptop due to forgetting the login password. And now that FingerPrint and VeriFace no longer work for me, how can I access my Lenovo laptop without a password?”

As a great technology company, Lenovo offers lots of wonderful devices to reach various needs of users all around the world. No matter whether you’re a student, an officer, a gamer, or whatever, you can find many nice devices for your life.

However, for a PC user, whatever PC you’re using, the password problem may always come out in ways that you’re not even conscious of. There are too many passwords that need to be remembered in daily life, so it’s quite common that many users to forget their PC password.

If you happen to forget Lenovo laptop password and don’t want to reset your PC and abandon all data, then this post will help you reset your Lenovo laptop password under different cases.

How to reset password on Lenovo laptop

Now, you can read 3 ways to reset password for your Lenovo laptop with built-in Administrator, Windows Installation disc, and a password reset USB created via handy third-party software.

▌ Way 1. Reset password Lenovo laptop with built-in Administrator

You can enter your PC via Safe Mode to reset password in CMD.

Step 1. Restart the Lenovo laptop, when the Lenovo logo appears, press the F8 key repeatedly to open Advanced Boot Options.

Step 2. Press the up or down key to choose the "Safe Mode with Command Prompt" option and press Enter.

Step 3. On the following login screen, if you see the built-in Administrator, click on it to log in to Windows without a password. On all versions of Windows, there is a built-in Administrator with no password, if it is enabled, then you can log in with it.

Step 4. You will get into the safe mode window with the Command Prompt window popup. And then you can reset your user account password with the command: net user

Step 5. Press Enter. If you receive the message saying "The command completed successfully", it means the password has been reset successfully, then you can log out and sign into the system with your user account.

▌ Way 2. Reset forgotten Lenovo laptop password via Windows installation disc

If you have a Windows setup disk corresponding to the Lenovo laptop, you can use it to enable Windows built-in Administrator account, and then, reset your password.

▶ Part 1. Boot Lenovo laptop from the installation disc

Step 1. Take the installation disc and insert it into the locked Lenovo laptop.

Step 2. Restart the Lenovo laptop, when the Lenovo logo appears, press F2 (or F1) key repeatedly until the BIOS setting opens.

Step 3. Press the right arrow key to select the Boot option. Next, press the up or down key to select the USB or CD/DVD drive.

Step 4. Press F10 and then press Enter to save the change and reboot the laptop.

▶ Part 2. Enter CMD

Step 1. When goes to the Windows installation screen, press "F10 + Shift".

Step 2. Use the command to replace "osk.exe" with "cmd.exe". You can type the following commands:

• c: (Type the letter of your system drive, if it’s D drive, you need to type d:)
• cd windows\system32

Now, type:

• copy cmd.exe cmd exe ori
• copy osk.exe. osk.exe.ori
• del osk.exe
• ren cmd.exe osk. exe
• shutdown –r –t 00

Step 3. When booting to the login window, click on the Ease of access button, and then click on On-Screen Keyboard.

▶ Part 3. Enable Windows built-in administrator account

Step 1. After the system Command Prompt is opened, activate the built-in Administrator account with the command: net user Administrator /active:yes.

Or use the command on part 1 to reset the user account password.

When goes to the login screen, click on the Administrator account to get into the Lenovo laptop without a password. Then you can go to Settings to reset the target password.

▌ Way 3. Reset forgotten password on Lenovo laptop with USB

If you don’t have a Windows installation disc, or method 1 is also failed, then the best solution to reset Lenovo laptop password is to create a Windows password reset USB for your computer.

AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional can help users to create a Windows password USB without OS version limitation. You just need a working Windows PC, and an empty USB, this tool can make a one-in-size password reset USB for Windows 11/10/8/8.1/7/XP/Vista PCs. And the Server Edition of this tool supports all Windows systems, including Windows Server 2022/2019/2016/2012(R2)/2008(R2)/2003.

▶ Stage 1. Create Windows password reset USB for Lenovo PC

Step 1. Connect a prepared USB to any running computer. Install and launch AOMEI Partition Assistant. In the taskbar, click "Tools" and "Reset Windows Password".

Step 2. In the pop-up window, you'll be noted to create a WinPE bootable media. Click "Next" to move on.

Step 3. Here we tick "USB Boot Device", choose your prepared USB for bootable USB creation, and click "Proceed".

Step 4. Note that the USB flash drive needs to be formatted and all data on it will be wiped. Please back up anything important on it and redo it.

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The progress may take a few minutes. When the bootable USB is created successfully, unplug the USB and connect it to your Lenovo computer you want to reset the password.

▶ Stage 2. Remove/reset password on Lenovo laptop

Step 1. Boot the computer from this bootable USB, and you will see AOMEI Partition Assistant on the screen. Click "Reset Password", select the Windows system you would like to operate and click "Next".

Step 2. Then, select the account you would like to operate, choose a feature: "Remove Account Password" or "Reset Account Password", and click "Next".

Step 4. Finally, restart your computer and begin to use the new password.

Conclusion

Forgot Lenovo laptop password? don’t worry, this article gives you 3 ways to reset forgotten password on a Lenovo laptop. You can hire anyone depending on your needs. In contrast, the most effective method is to utilize AOMEI Partition Assistant.

This multifunctional software can also clone disk, convert partition scheme without data loss, extend C drive space, move apps and folders, and if your Lenovo PC crashed during you using commands and after that, some data disappeared, you can choose the “Recover Data” to retrieve them.