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Locked out of Windows 10 in a very bad way!
This one has me stumped. All was working well, on my HP Pavillion, that I recently upgraded to Windows 10. Yesterday, I wanted to reboot the PC in safe mode so I could delete some software that was giving me dramas. So I followed some instructions where I went in to msconfig to automatically open in safe mode. Sorry, can't find the specific sequence that I followed, but nothing seemed overly crazy in this process . . . until . . .
I reboot the computer, and come to a simple windows 10 log-on screen with my username and password (no other user options, log in as guest option, and no option to use PIN or image password). So I enter my password, and I get "incorrect password." I try again, and the same thing. I double check password and as it was correct, I figured I would just use another computer and update it online. Used the new password and no joy. Realised that my Windows 10 PC is offline so it must be looking for some old password from who knows when (sweaty brow by now).
I have gone through all of the possibilities that I can remember (I keep my passwords in Keeppass so I can remember them, and they are sadly ridiculously secure - example: A!!1g@t0r531). I have probably thirty different passwords TODAY, and I have zero idea of what my password might have been when it was originally created two years ago, or when it was last updated.
I have been searching and searching for any way to get this computer to just go back to normal reboot rather than safe reboot. Alternatively if I could get the PC to recognise my network (thought it might be a problem with connecting to wireless, so used a ethernet cable to my router, and still no network found), I can log back in with my current password.
Grasping at straws, I created a bootable USB from another PC and it still comes straight back to the no access log-in screen.
I am completely lost on this one, and no idea how to proceed. Any suggestions will be hugely appreciated.