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Locked out of admin account in windows 10
This is a very old PC (7-8 years old) and I've re-installed windows multiple times over the years. At some point, possibly when I installed windows 10 for the first time or maybe windows 7 before that I might have installed it in a new user rather then my admin account. I don't remember the reason why exactly as it's been a long time but it's possible I wanted to use a different e-mail and use my real name as the account user name (I believe we can change that easily without making a new user, but I probably didn't know this at the time). I naturally started using the new user rather then the admin until I eventually had issues come up with admin permissions (windows firewall and other stuff). When I tried to fix it by logging in on the admin account, my password wasn't working. Unfortunately I don't remember what e-mail or account name I used, right now it only says "administrator". I'm sure I have access to whatever e-mail was used. I've tried many of my passwords but none seem to work. This is a desktop PC. When I try to log in it says I must reset my password first:
Administrator:
current password
new password
confirm new password
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