Forgetting your administrator password for your computer can be a big problem. That’s why it’s important to know how to reset your Windows 10 administrator password if you’ve lost it.

The administrator is the user responsible for a computer. Every Windows 10 device lets you create administrator accounts and standard accounts. Users with a standard account can access software without making any significant changes to it, while users with an administrator account can make changes to your computer and the way it functions.

On personal devices, the person who sets up the computer is designated as the administrator. For corporate devices, the administrator is often someone from the IT department. When a user with a standard account tries to do something they are not explicitly allowed to do, they are blocked or forced to enter the administrator password.

If you log in to your computer with an email address, that means you are using a Microsoft account. If you use Skype, Hotmail, or another Microsoft web service with the same email address as your username, then your password for those services will probably unlock your computer as well.