Account is locked out on Windows 10. There is no other account. I disabled Admin Account.
I went thru the motions of password reset disk (USB) thinking that would help, but it's no use. After I retype new password, confirm, click next.. it says "An error occurred".
It kind of makes sense as I know the password, I have not forgotten it, so I don't want to reset, I want to unlock the Account.
Is there a command line to unlock the account?
EDIT: My question was about unlocking my existing account, not enabling the default Admin account.
Whether that other question/answer will actually work for my case, I don't have time right now to download ISO's and follow thru with the procedure to confirm such. Maybe next time, but for now I've gone with the Linux way.
Answer
You need a bootable linux media that has the chntpw command.
The chntpw linux command has the ability to unlock your account. However, I have never gotten the set password to work. In fact, setting a password from this utility, for me, has always broken the password. The only option I know works for certain is the clear password option.
Unlocking your account and clearing the password are 2 different menu options.
Once you login with no password you can change the password back from within windows.
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