To recover your account password with Windows 10, you need to use your email address or phone number. Here’s how to do it
After a long series of requests from its users, Microsoft is about to release a new feature that allows you to recover the password used for unlocking the screen on Windows 10. Basically, the code required every time we turn on and restart the computer. But the feature will have other tasks as well.
The feature will be labeled quite clearly as “I forgot my password”. And it will exclusively help users who from the beginning have set a PIN or password on their Microsoft account for unlocking the screen on Windows 10. Obviously through this feature, which will be seen from the fall update, we will not only be able to recover the login credentials but we will also have the ability to change them. To reset the password we will be guided by Cortana. Therefore, it is an operation that anyone can manage to complete. Even those who don’t have special computer skills.
How it works
To complete the procedure we’ll need some information. First of all, we need an e-mail address that is useful for the recovery of credentials. If we don’t want to use our email address we can always use the number of the smartphone to recover the password. Once our account has been verified, all we have to do is change the PIN and give OK to save the change. To some users it may seem like a trivial function, already seen on another myriad of profiles on the Net, such as applications and social media. But on Windows 10, such a feature was missing. And it’s an important step forward for security and user experience. Previously, in fact, to change this PIN and password it was necessary to use another device. A longer and less practical procedure. As far as the official Windows 10 update is concerned, there is still no precise date but sources close to Microsoft have indicated mid-September as the most likely time for release.