

On the sign-in screen, type your Microsoft account name if it's not already displayed. Reset your Microsoft account password you use to sign in to your computer To see your device name, right-click Start, select System, and scroll to the Device specifications section. If the device name is the same as your account name, you can create a new administrator account, sign in as an administrator, and then rename your PC (when you view your device name, you can also rename it). On the next screen choose the “I Forgot My Password” option, and then click the “Next” button.Note: If you don't see security questions after you select the Reset password link, make sure your device name isn't the same as your local user account name (the name you see when you sign in). Underneath the password field, click the “Forgot My Password” link. But the password for your Microsoft account will be different than the password for an external account. Microsoft even lets you sign up for a Microsoft account using external email addresses-like your Gmail address. Note that because changes over the years, you might have used any Microsoft-related email account as your Microsoft account. Type your Microsoft username, and then click the “Next” button. In your web browser, head to the Microsoft Account page, and then click “Sign In” in the top right corner. If you’ve forgotten the password for your Microsoft account-which might be an account at, ,, or even -you can’t really recover that same password, but it’s easy enough to recover your account by resetting your password to something new. If you don’t use a password manager, those complex passwords can be hard to remember.
