The nice thing about past versions of OS X was that you could establish your own admin password during the set up process when you first installed OS X, but OS X Yosemite no longer does that and it ...

The administrator account of your HP laptop regulates most settings on your computer and has access to all other user accounts. In general, it's a good idea to periodically change your password to ...

There are a number of reasons why you might want to change the password on your Mac. Perhaps you gave it to a family member and grew to regret that decision, maybe you want to change it to practice ...

If you want to change another user’s password on a Windows 11/10 PC, here is how you can do it. There are multiple ways to reset or change other users’ passwords in Windows 11 using Command Prompt, ...

It's easy to forget a Windows password, especially if the one you're using is long or complicated. If you forget your Dell Windows administrator password, resetting ...

More than four years ago, Alicia Katz Pollock wrote “Five Ways to Reset a Lost Administrator Password” (17 January 2014), and through the vagaries of Google’s search algorithm, it remains our most ...

There are a couple of places on your Mac where your name – or some other name – might appear: the account name and Home folder. The name that appears is based on the Full Name you gave when you (or ...

The need to reset or recover your admin password for your account can happen for a variety of reasons – we were once in this position when we messed around with settings on our Mac and then forgot the ...