Joe Terrapin Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Laptop has recently packed up and I need to use my desktop (which has lay for about 4 years unused). Unfortunately can't remember the password and have been locked out. Have tried downloading a couple of programmes and bypassing the boot up screen but still no joy. I'm not concerned about recovering data already on it and wondering if anyone has managed to get logged in. It's an Acer running windows 8 although I may have upgraded to 10 at some point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picklish Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 If you aren't bothered by the data on the PC, I would just do a fresh install, by putting this https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10 on a usb and having it plugged in before you switch on the machine should let you reinstall 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Terrapin Posted October 21, 2022 Author Share Posted October 21, 2022 23 hours ago, picklish said: If you aren't bothered by the data on the PC, I would just do a fresh install, by putting this https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10 on a usb and having it plugged in before you switch on the machine should let you reinstall Thanks I'll give that a go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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