Having one of those “senior moments” and forgotten the Windows login password you’d set? Or maybe you had to restart that old Windows machine and don’t remember the password that you’d used. Whatever the reason, it turns out to be amazingly simple to clear your password to gain access to your Windows machine. Once you regain access to your account, you can re-establish a new password (or the same one, if you can remember what it was).

Setting a password or securing files on a hard disk under Windows can help deter exposure to your info and is a worthy exercise. But, be aware that there are shallow limits to what is actually protected. As outlined in this article, a password does not prevent someone from gaining access to your account. If your password mysteriously disappears, however, this might be a tip that someone has accessed your account.

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