📎 AI Summary:
The thread discusses how to recover a forgotten Windows login password for remote access, with the original poster providing system details of a Windows 10 Pro PC upgraded from Windows 7. Respondents highlight that if the account is linked to a Microsoft ID, password recovery might be possible, but if it was a local account without a set password or admin rights, recovery could be difficult. Overall, the conversation suggests that password recovery depends on the account type and prior setup, with no definitive solution offered.
The thread discusses how to recover a forgotten Windows login password for remote access, with the original poster providing system details of a Windows 10 Pro PC upgraded from Windows 7. Respondents highlight that if the account is linked to a Microsoft ID, password recovery might be possible, but if it was a local account without a set password or admin rights, recovery could be difficult. Overall, the conversation suggests that password recovery depends on the account type and prior setup, with no definitive solution offered.
Solution
It is stored in the desktop PC system but you didn't tell us what that is or what network type you have so we can't help you more than that.
- a microsoft id eg [email protected] will unlock the desktop/ shares if the desktop computer has being updated to a full Microsoft account... fyi a fresh WX install will default to this.
- If you just left the w7 upgraded as a local account then that should be the password now,
- unless you didn't give it admin rights or didn't set a password for the local account... in which case your out of luck.