I run my Win10 machine on a standard user account, and don't mind entering the admin creds when installing/removing software. But there are certain things I run frequently that require admin access to ...

Apple requests an admin username and password whenever you send a machine in for repair. For obvious reasons, I'm uncomfortable with that, and a search shows I'm not alone. My preferred solution is to ...

The need to reset or recover your admin password for your account can happen for a variety of reasons – we were once in this position when we messed around with settings on our Mac and then forgot the ...

More than four years ago, Alicia Katz Pollock wrote “Five Ways to Reset a Lost Administrator Password” (17 January 2014), and through the vagaries of Google’s search algorithm, it remains our most ...

Alexleonardme acquired a used PC but doesn’t have an administrator password. He asked the Windows forum for help. There are a number of ways to gain access to a password-protected administrator ...

This article is over four years old and some details have changed. For up-to-date help, read “Three Ways to Reset a Lost Admin Password in High Sierra” (5 July 2018). Several years ago, I was helping ...

What looks like the highest permission level is actually just one step below.

Have you forgotten your Windows admin password and wish to recover or reset it? Then this freeware tool Offline NT Password & Registry Editor may help you to reset the password of any user that has a ...