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How to reset windows local account if password is forgotten?

Requirements:
usb windows installer or cd dvd windows installer

Press SHIFT + F10 to goes to CMD after windows boot refer to video.

make sure first the utilman.exe is the windows\system32 by running this command
dir d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe
if it have that file

go to next command
rename utilman.exe into utilman.exe.bak by running this command

move d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe.bak

then copy cmd.exe and name it as utilman.exe by running this command

copy d:\windows\system32\cmd.exe d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe

after that remove bootable os then boot normal into your pc

click icon gear
command prompt will show

add new temporary user by running this command

net user <username> /add

make it admin by running this command

net localgroup administrators <username> /add

new user will shows up after reboot

then set a new password for your new account
please refer to video 

after resetting the main account password
insert usb bootable again or cd/dvd bootable

then rename again the utilman.exe.bak to his original name by running this command :
del d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe

run this command to delete the utilman.exe that we make as cmd.exe :
move d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe.bak d:\windows\system32\utilman.exe

done:)