System Restore Password Issue


  1. Posts : 67
    Windows 10 Pro Workstation 64bit
       #1

    System Restore Password Issue


    Hi Folks,
    I wonder if someone could shed some light on a System Restore problem I am having, when I try to a restore it goes to my username and asks for a password, I have tried putting in my MS account password and my Windows logon pin but get know joy. I have never setup a password for this, can anyone shed any light for me please, I am using Windows 10 2004. I have been having this issue for a number of years now so it's not a latest build bug.
    Regards,
    Dave G
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 8,049
    windows 10
       #2

    Did you just skip and press return for blank password?
      My Computer


  3. Posts : 1,862
    Windows 10 Pro 2004 20H1
       #3

    Try booting with the Windows 10 installation media (if you don't have one, easy to make).

    Select Repair > Troubleshoot

    Run System Restore.
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 67
    Windows 10 Pro Workstation 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    I tried the blank password but know joy, I'll try media usb today.
      My Computer


  5. Posts : 31,398
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
       #5

    MrBasher said:
    I wonder if someone could shed some light on a System Restore problem I am having, when I try to a restore it goes to my username and asks for a password, I have tried putting in my MS account password and my Windows logon pin but get know joy. I have never setup a password for this, can anyone shed any light for me please...
    When you boot to Advanced Startup using the PC's own recovery environment then it requires that you are verified as an admin user against the local account database. You are asked to provide the password of a local account that is an administrator. Your problem is that you probably have had an MS account from the start and have no way to know what (if any) is the local password for your account.

    Two ways around this, the first is to boot from the install media or a recovery drive as has already been suggested. The second would be to create a new local account, set a password for it and make it an administrator. The next time you boot to the PC's recovery environment it will ask you which administrator account you want to use. Choose the new local account for which you know the password.

    Add Local Account or Microsoft Account in Windows 10

    Apart from anything else, it's always a good idea to have another local admin account as a way in should your main account ever get corrupted or you get yourself locked out.
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  6. Posts : 67
    Windows 10 Pro Workstation 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Hi Bree,
    Absolutely spot on, I have never used a local account for years and you were correct, setting up a local administrator resolves the issue. I have been wrestling with this for so long I all but gave up using system restore and then I remembered you guys from years ago.
    Kind regards,
    Dave G.
      My Computer


  7. Posts : 31,398
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
       #7

    MrBasher said:
    ... I have been wrestling with this for so long I all but gave up using system restore and then I remembered you guys from years ago.
    don't be a stranger. You should hang around, there's a lot more like that here.
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  8. Posts : 67
    Windows 10 Pro Workstation 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Will do :)
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  9. Posts : 1,621
    Windows 10 Home
       #9

    Minions! Welcome! :)
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  10. Posts : 67
    Windows 10 Pro Workstation 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #10

    I want to be a minion

    - - - Updated - - -

    Well Bree, thank you that I got System Restore working, I had screwed something up on one of my PC's and SR came to the rescue
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