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Built-in administrator account reset its password
Hello!
I have an unusual problem, which has caused me to not have admin access on my own computer. Recently, I noticed that my personal account did not have full privileges on my computer despite it being the only account on it. I activated the built-in admin account with elevated privileges in the hopes of fixing this problem, and also gave this account its own password just to be safe. I also fiddled around with the account, seeing if I could disable it just as easily (I couldn't, but that's the least of my worries at the moment).
I changed my personal account into one with no admin rights, confident that I could change it back at any time with the built-in admin account. Then, when I tried to login with the admin account I noticed the password I set didn't work. I even tried a couple of variations of it, but I'm pretty sure that I used the correct one. Essentially, I'm locked out of my computer as my personal account only has standard rights at the moment. I know the password probably reset itself when I tried to disable the account, is it possible these admin accounts have a default password they reset to in these cases?
Any help is appreciated, this is the first time I'm locked out of my own computer like this.