Tuesday 16 April 2013

How to Reset Windows 8 Password Easily? For Computer Newbie?

"Windows 8 password reset help? I have a home PC running Windows 8, which has two accounts: one limited account with a password can just log into and the original admin account that has no log in password. My father set this account as the one with admin privileges but forgot the administrator password, I can't reset it with cmd.exe, I've tried several commands looking for a way to clear the password, but all of them doesn't work"


I get a quick response after asking help from my IT friends, . He told me that there is a Windows 8 password reset disk that will allow me to reset password on Windows 8. However, I am just a computer newbie and not a computer expert; I just need a more easy way! Then I wonder if whether there is a program without a boot disk or not? It would be much easier for me but thanks anyways!

What a pity things is that another friends answered my question:
Not really, most Windows 8 password recovery requires a boot disk, unless the main Windows 8 admin account is not password protected. Try accessing it by pressing f8 during boot and entering safe mode. Once asks for login, press ctrl-alt-del, and type in administrator. This might work. While, I have only one administrator account - the default admin!

At last, I had to search my password question from Google, what's surprised me is that here is one site that might help me. It is named Windows Password Recovery Toolwindowspasswordsrecovery.com) that will work for any Windows OS, also include Windows 8. This tool is a well-known professional third party application designed for particularly Windows Password Recovery. To operate such a tool is very easy, even though I am a newbie, I can fully understand and follow the below steps to finish the Windows 8 password reset. Now, please follow me:

Step 1: Google search "Windows Password Recovery Tool", get results from suggestion;
Step 2: Download needed Windows Password Recovery Tool Professional and install it on an accessible pc;
Step 3: Burn a Windows 8 password reset disk with a blank USB Flash drive.


Step 4: Insert the burned reset disk into password lost computer, and set the computer to boot from USB drive to reset password Windows 8.

Things now become easy! From this day, I think I will never take such experience make me mad! Now, I get new Windows 8 password for my pc login. What's more, I disable the Windows 8 default Administrator and create a back up admin account!
For security purpose, disabling the built-in Administrator account on our personal computer is very necessary since the default Administrator can do anything to your computer, like delete crucial files, delete accounts and reset other user password etc. So avoid this by making another account which is not names as Administrator but with administrative privileges.

Also, I prepare another way to help me recover Windows 8 login password - create a password reset disk for my admin account! Dear reader, if you are a Windows 8 OS pc owner, you can also take the following steps to help you save much time once you lost password:
Step1. Insert a prepared USB flash drive into your computer.
Step2. Type "reset" in the Windows search box and select "Create a password reset disk".
Step3. When the "Forgotten Password Wizard" appears, click "Next".
Step4. Select your USB flash drive and click "Next".
Step5. When the wizards finish creating the reset disk, please click "Next" and then "Finish".

Thanks for the help, I was just looking how to reset Windows password through password reset disk though, but the above tips helped me a lot. So it is not a difficult problem when you need to reset lost Windows 8 password.

1 comment:

  1. I appreciate your effort and the quality of the information you provide about windows 8. I will certainly follow these recommendations.

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