Sometimes you can easily forget your local password, especially, when you log in to your Windows PC automatically. If you have to type in your password, and you have forgotten it, don't worry. There ...

How to Launch Windows Without Entering a Password In Windows 10 and Windows 11, you can easily dodge the login password—completely or by setting up an alternative means of authentication.

When creating a local Windows 11/10 Account, the administrator will be prompted to set up three security questions. This is important and required to make sure there ...

Abdi Hamid Malik upgraded to Windows 10, and it changed his login password to his Hotmail password. (Hotmail passwords are also Microsoft passwords.) Microsoft really wants to attach your Windows ...

You use Windows within a user profile even if you don't manually log in to a profile on start-up. You can check your username and password protection status through ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. This article is more than 6 years old. Last month I reported ...