Solved Admin acct has no option for creating password reset disk

[Jim81501]

Yesterday I re-installed Windows 8.1 on my desktop computer. I wanted to create a new password reset disk but there is no option to do this in the administrator account. When I do a search for "password reset" I get a option to make one but when I select this option I get a system sound (like a piano playing 4-6 notes) like it's going to open but nothing happens.

Prior to reloading windows 8.1 I had forgotten my system password and to access my computer I reset the windows password and then could access the computer. I have no idea if that effected the Admin Account. I can still run "Command Prompt (Admin)" without problems.

 

[Brink]

Hello Jim, and welcome to Eight Forums.

Microsoft accounts will not have the option to create a password reset disk. This is only available for local accounts instead.

:ar: Password Reset Disk - Create on USB Flash Drive in Windows 8

You can use an option in the tutorial below to reset your Microsoft account password instead if needed though.

:ar: Microsoft Account Password - Change or Reset in Windows 8

 

[Jim81501]

I guess I'm not being clear. I do not have an option to create a password reset disk. That disappeared when I had to reset my microsoft password. See the attachment.

 

[Brink]

I understand, but you do not have the option since your account is a "Microsoft account".

Only a "local account" will have this option.

If you switched from a "local account" to a "Microsoft account", then that may be why you had the option before.

 

[Jim81501]

OK, that makes sense to me. I tried to change my account from standard to administrator and a windows help and support screen opened. It tells me how to change the account but I need to be singed in as administrator. I have the password. I don't see how to sign in as the administrator. There is only one account showing when I open user accounts and that says administrator. In that regard I'm confused as to what kind of account I have and/or how to create an administrator account that is functional. I thought that would have been fixed when I did a clean reinstall of Windows 8.1. Can you help me get for where I am to where I need to be?

 

[Brink]

No worries.

An account can be a local account or Microsoft account.

This account can then be a "standard user" or "administrator".

It looks like you have a Microsoft account on your PC that is an administrator type account, but you can verify using the below.

• User Account Type - Change in Windows 8
• How to Tell if Local Account or Microsoft Account in Windows 10 User Accounts Tutorials

 

[Jim81501]

I don't understand how my admin account wound up being a Microsoft account. It wasn't that in the beginning because I was able to make a password reset disk. Maybe when I decided to reload Windows 8.1, which I have done about 3 or 4 times since I first loaded the OS. I don't see any downside to having a MS account versus the original local account. It also appears I don't have a choice in the type of account at this point.

I'll close this thread with more questions about the MS thinking of the admin accounts than I have answers.

 

[Brink]

Do you remember entering an email address for anything? If so, you may have switched to the Microsoft account by mistake.

If you like, you can switch back to a local account using the method below.

:ar: Local Account - Switch to in Windows 8

 

[Jim81501]

Brink, That worked great and is exactly what I wanted to accomplish. Thanks so much for the help. Very much appreciated.

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome Jim.