How to Reset Password on Acer Laptop Windows 10 If Locked Out

Method One: Use Spower Windows Password Reset to Reset Acer Laptop Password Windows 10 without Losing Data.

Why use Spower Windows Password Reset? This is currently the best Windows password recovery tool which can help you reset forgotten Windows password no matter how long your password is and what type of your user account, local or domain account, administrator or standard user account. It works for all versions of Windows system: Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP and Windows server 2019, 2016, 2012, 2008, 2003, 2000 etc.

To reset Windows 10 local admin password on your Acer laptop, you can choose Spower Windows Password Reset Professional. Here is how:

Step 1: Create a Windows password recovery disk on another computer.

1. Firstly, purchase “Spower Windows Password Reset Professional” full version. Then you will receive a full download link from email. You can free download trial version here

2. Download and install the software on an accessible computer. Upon launch the software. Plug a blank USB flash drive into the computer and then choose “USB device” from the software screen.

3. Pull down the drive list and select the plugged USB. Then click “Begin Burning”. The software will create a Windows password recovery disk automatically for you.

Step 2: Use the USB disk to reset Windows 10 password on your Acer laptop.

1. Plug the USB disk into your Acer laptop. Power on the laptop and immediately hit F12 key to open “Boot Menu”. Press arrow key to move to your USB device and then press “Enter” key to boot the laptop from USB. If you have trouble to do this, please refer to: How to boot computer from USB.

2. After the laptop boots from USB, Spower Windows Password Reset Professional will run automatically and show you a friendly interface. You will see all user accounts of your Windows 10 are displayed in list. Now select “Administrator”. Just click it.

3. Click “Reset” button. When a confirm message pops up, click “yes”.

4. Windows 10 administrator password will be reset to blank (no passowrd).

5. Now click “Reboot” button. When a confirm message pops up, unplug your USB firstly and then click “Yes”.

6. The Acer laptop will restart and automatically sign into administrator without password. Right, you have successfully got back into your device without entering any password. For security reasons, you may need to create a new password for your administrator just in control panel.

Method Two: Reset Windows 10 Password on Acer Laptop by Using an Available Admin Account.

If you lost admin password to your Acer laptop Windows 10 and fortunately you have another admin account available, resetting the lost admin password is very easy.

1. Start Windows 10 system. Click “Start” button and then type CMD in the search box. Select “Command Prompt” from search result list.

2. In the Command Prompt window, type “net user” and then press “Enter”. All local user accounts of Windows 10 will be displayed.

3. Now you can reset any user account’s password via a simple command. For example, if you want to reset password for user account “Dave”, just type “net user Dave Wimware@123” and then press “Enter”. The old password will be replaced with “Wimware@123”. You can use the new password to log on the user account in next sign-in.

Method Three: Reset Acer Laptop Password Windows 10 with Pre-created Password Reset Disk.

If you don’t have another admin account on your Acer Windows 10, you can choose Windows 10 password reset disk from Microsoft to reset your forgotten password. This is one of the easiest ways to reset password for your Acer laptop Windows 10 without losing data.

However, the password reset disk must be previously created. Or it won’t help you at all. Let’s see how to use a pre-created password reset disk to reset forgotten password in Windows 10.

1. In the Windows 10 login screen, select your user account and attempt to sign in with a wrong password. Windows will prompt you that the password you entered is incorrect. Click “OK”. You will see a link to reset password is shown under the password box.

2. Connect your password reset disk to the laptop and then click the link to open a password reset wizard. Now you can follow the wizard to easily reset the user account’s password. Select “Next”.

3. Pull down the drive list and then select your password reset disk. Then click “Next”.

4. Choose a new password for your user account. Then click “Next”. The old password will be replaced with the new one.

5. Click “Finish” to close the wizard. Then you can use the new password to sign in the user account. All files and settings in your Acer laptop will remain unchanged!

Method Four: Use Security Question to Reset Acer Laptop Password Windows 10.

In Windows 10 1803 and after versions, people can create security questions to prevent a forgotten password for their user account. Compare to Windows 10 password reset disk, it is easier to use and you don’t need to prepare a disk. However, you must create the security questions before you losing your password.

If you have previously created the security questions for your user account, follow the steps given bellow to easily reset Windows 10 password on your Acer computer. It is similar to using password reset disk.

1. After you entered a wrong password and failed to sign in your user account, a password reset link will be shown on the screen. Simply click the link without inserting any disk.

2. All pre-added security questions will be shown under the password box. Enter answers to all questions. Then submit.

3. Type a new password and type it again to confirm. Then submit. After that, you are able to use the new password to log into your Acer laptop Windows 10.