Jan 11, 2011  To do this, follow these steps EXACTLY: New admin account from Boot: Reboot. Hold COMMAND and S keys down as soon as you hear the chime. When you get text prompt enter in these terminal commands to create a brand new admin account (hitting return after each line). Mount -uw / Note the spaces after mount and the w. Very important rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone note the space. Jul 13, 2017  Help! Computer does not recognize my password by nursetom Jul 4, 2014 1:58PM PDT Dell Inspiron with Windows 7: When I try to log on to my laptop. Jan 08, 2018  To make certain changes on your Mac, you're asked to enter the user name and password of an administrator account. Accounts with a blank password might not work. Sep 14, 2016  We show you how to fix the issue if your administrator account on your Mac suddenly disappears, becomes inaccessible or if you find yourself only having a.

Tristen, do not be hard on yourself. I also have just learned to use my MacBook Pro in the past few months. You can do it too and errors like this (usually user errors) are expected.

If you cannot get into your OS you can always reinstall. It is easy and I can walk you through it.

• If you turned on FileVault encryption and created a recovery key, you can use the recovery key to reset your login password. On your Mac, choose Apple menu Restart, or press the Power button on your computer and then click Restart. Click your user account, click the question mark in the password field, then click the arrow next to “reset it using your recovery key.”.
• Jan 24, 2016  Old title: win 10 safe mode lock. Win 10 in the safe mode doesn't accept me PIN because it doesn't see a network drive. Going to Troubleshoot mode (with Restart/Shift) doesn't help because when I'm trying to get to a command prompt Win is keeping asking me for a PIN which is not accessible because network driver doesn't see the network.
• Aug 14, 2017  It is correct upper and lower cases, symbols and numbers. I reset my password on my account and can log into it but not into the the laptop. I just stopped my office from purchasing a new surface pro and am now goinig to order a MAC. At least people get on the phone with you or you can go to a store that is not 100 miles away.

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Otherwise, you need to deal with the problem in a different way. Can you get into your machine at all?

Try holding down the command and r keys and see if you can get into your Disk Utility.

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Just restart and hold down these keys and wait and see if you can get in....you just have to be patient.

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If you can, it will be much easier to deal with I think. Also, are you using an Administrator account or a user account? Sorry I have to ask so many questions but the answers can tell us what to do next.