Method 1: Reset Microsoft Live Account Password from Live.com

If you’ve forgotten your Microsoft live account password, you can reset it online via the live.com or outlook.com website. This method requires you to know either the alternate email address or phone number you previously added to the account. Follow these steps:

1. Use any device that is connected to the Internet and visit the Microsoft online password reset page. When you’re asked why you’re having difficulty accessing your account, click “I forgot my password“.

   

2. On the next screen, enter the email address for the Microsoft live account you’re trying to recover.

   

3. Microsoft will send you a security code to validate that you are the owner of the live account. When you select your contact method, type the missing information and click Send code.

   

4. Enter the security code you just received via the contact method you selected and then click Next.

   

5. Now it’s time to set a new password for your Microsoft live account. When it’s done, you can then log back into your Windows 10 computer with the new password.

   

Method 1: Switch Microsoft Live Account to Local Account

If you forgot identification information you entered when you initially set up your live account, Microsoft is unable to validate your account ownership. To regain access to your locked computer without losing files, you can consider switching Microsoft live account to local account using PCUnlocker.

1. First you need to create a PCUnlocker USB drive from another computer you know the admin password. Download the ISO image of PCUnlocker and then install it to USB flash drive using the freeware ISO2Disc.

   

2. Boot your Windows 10 computer from PCUnlocker USB drive. In order to do this, you need to change the boot order in the BIOS, or access the boot menu on startup.
3. When PCUnlocker opens up, you can see a list of local accounts on the screen. Check for your Microsoft online email account under the “Description” column of the list, select that account and click on Reset Password.

   

4. A popup window will ask you if you want to change your Microsoft live account to local account and clear the password. Click Yes to confirm.

   

5. Now you’ve successfully switched Microsoft live account to local account. Reboot your computer normally without USB drive, you can then see the converted local account on Windows 10 sign-in screen, click it and you can login without password!

Once you’ve signed up for the Windows Insider Program, you can then download the ISO image of Windows 10 Technical Preview for free. For testing purpose, I installed Windows 10 in a VMware virtual machine and then set up both a local account and a Microsoft account as the login methods. The most exciting thing is that PCUnlocker works flawlessly with Windows 10, which can successfully reset both local account password and Microsoft account password without data loss!

And for now, PCUnlocker v3.2 should be the first password cracking software which supports Windows 10 Technical Preview! If you are a registered user of previous versions of PCUnlocker, just tell us your order number and we’ll send you the latest version v3.2 for absolutely FREE!

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