Can not sign-in to Windows - passwords all rejected!

Earlier this week I attempted to upgrade my Win10 system to a Win11. Seemingly all went well until I got the sign-in screen. All my attempts to sign-in are incorrect. The password the system is looking for possibly came from the original Win10 system from 3/2016 which I can not recall. Have tried various things - including the 'netplwiz' trick which gets me back to a sign-in screen (no help). Being unable to sign-in sorely limits my attempts at many suggestions of 'Windows + R' and others, a suggestion of getting into 'Safe Mode' and where I could go after in that mode escapes me. Have also tried what I thought would be a quick & easy trick - called the old 'regedit' trick. What that was to change the value of 'Passwordless' which unfortunately not every Win11 registry has such an animal (did it ever?). Have read many solutions on the internet and now am thoroughly confused. Am now approaching 89 and my memory is sure as hell not what it once was. I do have a Win7 that I can use for various research. Any suggestions would be appreciated. THANX!!!



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Are you saying you cannot login to Windows 11?

Is this Microsoft account or local user account?

Welcome, Boppa.

If you’re using a Microsoft Account with your Windpows 11 PC

Go here and enter your Microsoft Account username (email)

First: click on “Sign in”
Then “Can’t access your account” and follow the prompts to recover or reset your account/password


Or you could try this link to see if it gets you directly to the reset process

For a local account (or Microsoft Account) check options in this tutorial


Options in the tutorial

• Option One: Reset Password of any Local Account in Netplwiz
• Option Two: Reset Password of any Local Account in Local Users and Groups
• Option Three: Reset Password of your Local Account at Sign-in with Security Questions
• Option Four: Reset Password of your Local Account at Sign in with Password Reset Disk
• Option Five: Reset Password of your Microsoft Account Online at Microsoft
• Option Six: Reset Password of your Microsoft Account at Sign-in

Also make sure the user name is correct. And it is not login PIN!!!