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4 January 2021  Ashley S. Miller  Specialist of Customer Service Dept.
 

Summary
It’s very common that sometimes we cannot login to Windows 10. Why will Windows 10 fail to login? Let’s learn about some solutions to fix the Windows 10 login failure problem.



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Reason 1: Login Password Is Incorrect
Reason 2: User Account Is Disabled
Reason 3: User account has expired
Reason 4: Domain User Account cannot login to Windows 10
Reason 5: Forget the Password of Microsoft Account in Windows 10
Reason 6: Windows 10 encounters a black screen problem

Reason 1: Login Password Is Incorrect

Please confirm again whether the password you enter in the login screen is correct

Enter password and then click the show icon to display the password you just typed in if you are not sure about it. Please enter the correct password again if that one is incorrect.
check password Windows 10

The password is correct, but an error message still appears.

In this case, you can create a bootable USB drive that can help you to access Windows 10 quickly. It’s recommended to use system rescue tool – Renee PassNow.

More about Renee Passnow

Whole password reset process takes only 4 simple steps without damaging data inside! Do not require any professional knowledge or possible password combinations.

For local account and administrator, Renee Passsnow will remove the password directly.

For Microsoft account, Renee Passnow will turn the Microsoft account into local one and reserve all data inside the account.

Renee Passnow can help to recover data or transfer data inside the disk without running Windows.

Compatible with: Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP.

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people has downloaded and reset the password successfully!

Here are detailed steps on how to reset login password with Renee PassNow.

Step 1: Download and install Renee PassNow in any workable Windows computer. 

press to the download button

Step 2: Choose creation method, USB or CD/DVD.

Select one option from [Crate a Live USB] and [Create a Live CD]. Then, select [x64] or [x86] according to your computer. Next, click on [Download Now] to download the licensed ISO. Remember to activate the software beforehand. After that, click on [Create USB] to create the boot media.
use renee passnow to create usb to reset passnword

Step 3: Boot the target PC from the created password reset USB/CD/DVD.

You will boot the target computer via a new created reset disk. Firstly, please hold a hot key to enter the BIOS menu and put CD-ROM or Removable Devices as the first choice. Please click here to know about how to change the boot order of your computer. After changing it successfully, please remember to save your setting and then restart your PC.

steps to change the boot order in BIOS

Step 4: Select “PassNow!”.

Reset password

Step 5: Choose target account and then click “Clear Password”.

You can also recover Microsoft account in Windows 10/8.1/8. That is, Renee PassNow will convert the Microsoft account to a local account and the data or files inside it will still exist. After the software says that password is reset successfully, you can directly press “Enter” key to access Windows.

Clear password

Reason 2: User Account Is Disabled

Try another user account with administrator privilege to access Windows 10. Go into “Local Users and Group” to enable the target user account again. Please refer to Solution 1 in how to enable the account with other account with administrator privilege.
disable account -2
If you don’t have another user account with administrator privilege, it’s recommended to use the system rescue tool Renee Passnow to enable the target account.

Here are detailed steps on how to reset login password with Renee PassNow.

Step 1: Download and install Renee PassNow in any workable Windows computer. 

press to the download button

Step 2: Choose creation method, USB or CD/DVD.

Select one option from [Crate a Live USB] and [Create a Live CD]. Then, select [x64] or [x86] according to your computer. Next, click on [Download Now] to download the licensed ISO. Remember to activate the software beforehand. After that, click on [Create USB] to create the boot media.
use renee passnow to create usb to reset passnword

Step 3: Boot the target PC from the created password reset USB/CD/DVD.

You will boot the target computer via a new created reset disk. Firstly, please hold a hot key to enter the BIOS menu and put CD-ROM or Removable Devices as the first choice. Please click here to know about how to change the boot order of your computer. After changing it successfully, please remember to save your setting and then restart your PC.

steps to change the boot order in BIOS

Step 4: Select “PassNow!”.

Reset password

Step 5: Select target account that was disabled before. Click “Enable”.

Next, you can use this account to login to Windows 10 again.

Enable user account Windows 10

Reason 3: User account has expired

If your user account has expired, you are fobidden to login Windows 10. But you can also try Renee PassNow that can also create an administrator account. You will be able to use it to login to Windows 10.

Here are detailed steps on how to create a new account with administrator privilege via Renee Passnow.

Step 1: Download and install Renee PassNow in any workable Windows computer. 

press to the download button

Step 2: Choose creation method, USB or CD/DVD.

Select one option from [Crate a Live USB] and [Create a Live CD]. Then, select [x64] or [x86] according to your computer. Next, click on [Download Now] to download the licensed ISO. Remember to activate the software beforehand. After that, click on [Create USB] to create the boot media.
use renee passnow to create usb to reset passnword

Step 3: Boot the target PC from the created password reset USB/CD/DVD.

You will boot the target computer via a new created reset disk. Firstly, please hold a hot key to enter the BIOS menu and put CD-ROM or Removable Devices as the first choice. Please click here to know about how to change the boot order of your computer. After changing it successfully, please remember to save your setting and then restart your PC.

steps to change the boot order in BIOS

Step 4: Select “PassNow!”.

Reset password

Step 5: Create a new administrator to quickly access your PC. Please click “Create new account”.

The created administrator account named “Reneelab” with administrator rights, and its default password is “123456789”. You are able to change the password of target account with this new created administrator.

Create new account

Reason 4: Domain User Account cannot login to Windows 10

Domain login means that create a user account in domain controller that you’re using. Domain user account belongs to domain server. Moreover, domain user account can be used to login to the computers that are joined to the samedomain. If you cannot login to Windows 10 with the domain user account, please ask the administrators of the server for help.

domain user account

You can also create a new administrator with Renee Passnow to quickly access your PC. Please click “Create new account”. (Please click here for detailed steps.)

The created administrator account named “Reneelab” with administrator rights, and its default password is “123456789”. You are able to change the password of target account with this new created administrator.

Create new account

Reason 5: Forget the Password of Microsoft Account

Change the password of Microsoft account online

If you forget the Microsoft account’s password, you can use other device to visit Microsoft’s password reset website. https://account.live.com/password/reset
Please follow the on-screen instructions to reset your Microsoft account’s password. Once you successfully change it, then you can use the new password to login Windows 10 again.

Reset Microsoft password

Use system rescue tool Renee PassNow to remove Microsoft account’s password

Renee PassNow will convert the Microsoft account to a local account and the data or files inside will still exist. Please refer to detailed instructions on how to remove user account’s password.

Note: After the Microsoft account’s password is cleared successfully, you can directly press “Enter” to access Windows 10 when you sign in next time.

Clear password

Reason 6: Windows 10 encounters a black screen problem

Four factors cause Windows 10 black screen at startup.

1. Poor connection
2. Hardware failure
3. External devices connection
4. Hard disk damage (MDR/DBR)

It’s suggested to troubleshoot the black screen problem by checking the causes one by one. About more detailed information, please refer to Reasons and Solution for Windows 10 Boots to Black Screen.