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Enter the BIOS settings to change boot order to Windows again.

Type 1 to choose option number 1 - Clear (blank) user password.

Change the 'USERNAME' with your username, e.g chntpw -u John SAM

Type chntpw -u USERNAME SAM to open details of the specific username.

Choose the Restart option from Windows login screen.

Turn on the computer again until it reaches the Windows login screen.

If you get error in this step that read as follow: read error: : Read-only file system, turn off the computer and remove the bootable USB.

In the config folder, type chntpw -l SAM to list user(s).

Go to config folder by typing: cd config.

You will boot to Kali Linux Live screen.

Boot mode support Legacy and boot priority is Legacy First.

If you don't find the option to boot from USB drive, try to check and make sure (however, again, it depends on your computer's manufacturer BIOS settings):

Change the boot order so that the computer will boot from the USB drive first.

Select 'Troubleshoot' > 'Advanced options' > 'UEFI Firmware Settings'. You will enter Advanced Boot Options blue screen with big title 'Choose an option'. Hold Shift button while you select the Restart option.

OR, you can try to boot up until you reach the login screen.

The screen will go dark for a moment, then open the BIOS settings.

Press the turn on button, and immediately press F12.

#Kali linux username and password how to#

How to enter the BIOS settings will vary depend on your computer's manufacturer - please check the manual book. Now let's move to the computer whose password you forgot.On Step 2, check the 'Show All ISOs?'.

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exe file on the same computer as the USB's.

Plug in a USB flashdrive that you want to use as a bootable USB drive to a computer that you have access to.

Download Kali Linux ISO and Universal USB Installer from above links.

Steps to remove Windows 10 login password

#Kali linux username and password install#

You need access to a computer to install Kali Linux on USB flashdrive. For this tutorial, I used version 2019.2 of Kali Linux 64-Bit. Download it from Kali Linux Downloads page. What you need to remove Windows 10 login password Some of the errors I got were 'Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b' and stuck on 'Booting the kernel.'Īfter tried several solutions, tools, and faced some troubles along the way, I was finally able to remove my Windows 10 local account's login password.īelow I put together what I did to remove Windows 10 local administrator account login password in easy step-by-step. Many tutorials suggest to use Offline NT Password & Registry Editor from Pogostick, but I didn't have any luck using it to reset Windows 10 login password. I searched some free solutions online for that matter. I experienced that nightmare the other day. Do you forget your password to Windows 10 local account and can't pass the lock / login page at all? The problem is, that locked account is the only account on that computer and it's a local administrator account.