Creative Ideas on How to Reset Forgot Windows 8 Password

[Sheral354]

Do you have any creative thought that what you would do if you forgot Windows 8 password? This has been a new but also hot topic since Microsoft showed off an early development build of Windows 8 at the Windows BUILD keynote in September, 2011.

However, here I need to note that picture password will neither replace your normal password. Instead, you can assign a normal local password and PIN, as well as picture password. Since there are so many choices in logon to Windows 8, while professionals will still suggest you to change all your Windows 8 passwords regularly. However, like Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7, you will easily forget Windows 8 password. Don’t worry, because it is believed that there will be effective ways to recover the forgottenWindows 8 password.

Method 1: Use Password Reset Wizard

With a Windows 8 password reset disk, you can easily change your password in seconds when you forgot it. Once you've typed the wrong password, Windows 8 will show you the error message that "The password is incorrect. Try again." After clicking the OK button, Windows 8 will show the password hint and a "Reset password" link below the login box

At that time, insert your Windows 8 password reset disk in the computer, and then click the "Reset password" link and it will bring up the Password Reset Wizard. Follow the wizard guides and reset your forgotten Windows 8 password in seconds.

Method 2:Use Windows 8 Password Recovery Tool

This is the last and the only straw when you forgot all you Windows 8 login passwords and system is completely locked.

Step 1.Download a free demo version of Windows Password Unlocker.

Step 2. Run the downloaded file to install Windows Password Unlocker on any PC you have access to.

Step 3. Burn a bootable CD/DVD or USB Flash Drive with Windows Password Key.

Step 4: Recover Windows 8 password with the burned CD/DVD or USB Flash Drive.

If the Windows 8 picture password is forgotten

Windows 8 supports picture password, but it is based on a touch-screen device. To unlock the device if it is with picture password protected, users must tap or touch parts of the image in the right order and direction. Picture password is secure but also with lot of fun to use. If you forgot the picture password, there are also ways to find it! Windows Password Key is working on it and according to what they’ve said.

[Payathri]

To find your forgotten Windows 8 password, except for using Password Reset Wizard, you can also use the safe mode or free reset program. But I think the better way is to use reset software. Because I have tried before. It can save your time and safe. If you are urgent or need reset safely you can use this method, such as Anmosoft Windows Password Reset.

[bouton24]

With respect to get rid of forgotten Windows 8 password, you can still resort to Windows Password Recovery Tool software to reset Windows 8 password.
Step 1: Download Windows Password Recovery Tool package.
Step 2: Uncompress the package, burn it onto a CD/DVD or USB flash drive.
Step 3: Boot your locked computer from the newly burned CD/DVD or USB flash drive.
Step 4: Wait until the boot process is finished. When a window pops up with all your Windows accounts, select the target one to reset password Windows 8.

[bouton24]

Ophcrack is an open source Windows password recovery tool based on rainbow tables. The program contains the ability to import the hashes from a variety of formats, including dumping directly from the SAM files of Windows. It is claimed that these tables can crack 99.9% of alphanumeric passwords of up to 14 characters in usually a few minutes. And if Iphcrack doesn;t work, try to use Windows Password Recovery Tool Standard software to reset passwod on Windows 8 user account.

[genospherebiote]

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[james martin]

Do you have any creative thought that what you would do if you forgot Windows 8 password? This has been a new but also hot topic since Microsoft showed off an early development build of Windows 8 at the Windows BUILD keynote in September, 2011.

However, here I need to note that picture password will neither replace your normal password. Instead, you can assign a normal local password and PIN, as well as picture password. Since there are so many choices in logon to Windows 8, while professionals will still suggest you to change all your Windows 8 passwords regularly. However, like Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7, you will easily forget Windows 8 password. Don’t worry, because it is believed that there will be effective ways to recover the forgottenWindows 8 password.

Method 1: Use Password Reset Wizard

With a Windows 8 password reset disk, you can easily change your password in seconds when you forgot it. Once you've typed the wrong password, Windows 8 will show you the error message that "The password is incorrect. Try again." After clicking the OK button, Windows 8 will show the password hint and a "Reset password" link below the login box

At that time, insert your Windows 8 password reset disk in the computer, and then click the "Reset password" link and it will bring up the Password Reset Wizard. Follow the wizard guides and reset your forgotten Windows 8 password in seconds.

Method 2:Use Windows 8 Password Recovery Tool

This is the last and the only straw when you forgot all you Windows 8 login passwords and system is completely locked.

Step 1.Download a free demo version of Windows Password Unlocker.

Step 2. Run the downloaded file to install Windows Password Unlocker on any PC you have access to.

Step 3. Burn a bootable CD/DVD or USB Flash Drive with Windows Password Key.

Step 4: Recover Windows 8 password with the burned CD/DVD or USB Flash Drive.

If the Windows 8 picture password is forgotten

Windows 8 supports picture password, but it is based on a touch-screen device. To unlock the device if it is with picture password protected, users must tap or touch parts of the image in the right order and direction. Picture password is secure but also with lot of fun to use. If you forgot the picture password, there are also ways to find it! Windows Password Key is working on it and according to what they’ve said.

Nice information!

[fiona12345]

It's time for you to resort to third-party software- Windows 8 Password Recovery. It has gained great popularity among most computer users. It's able to recover lost Windows 8 administrator password/lost Windows 8 user password for both local account and Microsoft account. It's easy to operate with only 3 simple steps:
• Step 1: Download and Install Lost Windows 8 Password Recovery.
• Step 2: Burn lost Windows 8 password Recovery CD/USB flash drive with Quick Recovery or Advanced Recovery Wizard.
• Step 3: Insert the newly burned CD/USB flash drive into your locked computer. To reboot your PC from this bootable disk, you need to set BIOS. If your computer is preinstalled with Windows 8 and use UEFI, you have to disable UEFI Secure Boot before the BIOS setting.
• Step 4: When this software screen appears, select your Windows sytem, choose the account for which you'd like to reset password, and reset it.

[lishmalinyjames]

Go to account.live.com/password/reset and follow the on-screen prompts. You can reset a forgotten Windows 8 password online like this only if you're using a Microsoft account. If you're using a local account, your password is not stored with Microsoft online and so can't be reset by them.