How to Reset Admin Password in Windows 8.1 Tablet

Lost admin password in Windows 8.1 tablet, how to reset it with general methods for common tablets, such as Lenovo Miix2, HP Omni 10, Dell Venue 8 Pro or Venue 11 Pro, Acer Aspire Z3-600, ASUS Transformer Book T100 and Acer Iconia W4 Windows 8.1 tablet?

Is there any way to reset Windows 8.1 tablet admin password easily and effectively? In passage below,three ways will be introduced for Windows 8.1 tablet password reset in my perspective.

Way 1: Make Use of Windows 8.1 Default Administrator Account 

If you lost or forgot other administrator password in Windows 8.1, default Windows administrator account without password would be the best way to access Windows 8.1 and help you to reset forgotten or lost other Windows 8.1 admin password.

Selection 1: Change Windows 8.1 password in User Accounts 

First, login Windows 8.1 with default administrator. And then turn to Control Panel –User Accounts, choose targeted admin account. In Manage Account window, click "Change the password" button, and type in new password twice to confirm password changed. 
Tips: Three Ways to Access Control Panel on Windows 8

Selection 2: Enter Windows 8.1 Safe Mode with Default Administrator 

From Windows XP to Windows 8, each version of Windows system could entered in safe mode to do some primary system changes in order to protect Windows system safe. But it is disabled in normal mode.

1. Press Win + R to enter Run box and type "msconfig" in the box. And then press Enter button.
2. Navigate to boot tab, check "Safe boot". Choose “Minimal”-normal safe mode, click "Okay" button and restart your computer.

Selection 3: Reset Windows 8.1 tablet password with Command Prompt 

After you login Windows 8.1 tablet with default administrator, press Win + X and choose Command Prompt (Admin) to run.

Type in the command: net user <user name> <user new password>, and press Enter. Instantly, tablet lost admin password would be removed or reset.

Tips:

However, for the sake of computer security, most people have changed the built-in administrator password. If this has happened, the way introduced above would not work. Now turn to the following ways to ask for help.

Way 2: Reset Windows 8.1 Admin Password with Picture Password or PIN 

Windows 8.1 is different from other Windows systems, because it provides different kinds of logon ways to access computer besides local user password. Picture password and PIN code are such special login ways provided by Microsoft Windows 8.1. So if you forgot Windows 8.1 password, previously-created picture password or PIN could help you.

1. Start your tablet and select targeted user account you want to sign in to Windows 8.1.
2. Choose picture password or PIN code to access Windows 8.1.
3. Turn to Control Panel and change admin user password.

Way 3: Recover Windows 8.1 Tablet Password with Password Recovery Tool 

Password recovery tool, such as Windows Password Genius Advanced always could help you, no matter which kind of password you lost or how complex your lost admin password is. This is because of password reset disk created with it. If you have created password reset disk on your PC when your PC is accessible, you would know that password reset disk is the most powerful program to recover Windows forgotten password.

Step 1: Burn a Windows password reset disk with password recovery tool 

1. Find Windows Password Genius Advanced and accessible computer, bootable USB drive.
2. Install Windows password recovery tool in accessible computer and insert bootable USB drive into computer.
3. Choose USB flash disk from drop-down box, and click "Begin burning" to create password reset disk.
4. Exit USB reset disk after you see "Burning Successfully" message.

Step 2: Reset Windows 8.1 Password with reset disk 

Plug USB drive into Windows 8.1 tablet and boot it from USB. When you see Windows Password Genius Advanced program runs in WinPE environment, select Windows 8.1 system and administrator. And then click “Reset Password” to remove administrator password.

Is there any other doubt? If you couldn’t find better ways, Way 3 would be the best choice for you because no matter what password problem you meet, it could help you effectively and safely.

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Lost Windows 8.1 Admin Password and No Disk

I believe most of Windows 8.1 users have known the new features about Windows 8.1.  Actually, there are no big changes on Windows accounts and password. So, besides the new general secure settings set on Windows 8.1, it is necessary to set powerful logon password for administrator. But sometimes we probably lose it and couldn't think of it suddenly.

At this moment, if no disk are available, such as system recovery disk, password reset disk or system repair disk, how to reset Windows 8.1 forgotten admin password? 

So in this passage, let’s talk about how to take Windows 8.1 PIN code, Microsoft account, installation CD and password recovery utility into use for Windows 8.1 admin password reset.

First, choose PIN code to login into Windows 8.1. 

It is probably the most direct and easiest way to login into Windows 8 when you don’t know account password, because it is displayed below password input box, we just need to click "Sign-in Options".

Click PIN code icon, a message will prompt you to type PIN code in password input box. PIN code is consist of four numbers, so it is easy for us to remember.

If you have typed a right one PIN code, press Enter and you could access Windows 8.1 successfully and do what you want, such as change Windows 8.1 lost admin password.

Second, make full use of Microsoft account. 

In Windows 8.1 computer, Microsoft account is the same as local account. On Windows logon screen, you can change logon account type and choose it just like select other local account to login computer. But it is required that Microsoft account has to be set for Windows logon previously.

With privileges of Microsoft account, change or reset Windows 8.1 password from another machine is allowed.

Third, take Windows Installation CD into Use.

When you have not prepared a password reset disk or system recovery or repair disk, installation CD is still can be taken into use.

1. Insert installation CD into your computer and boot computer from it. 

2. Select Repair Windows and Get into Command Prompt.
When your computer boots from the CD, you should click repair your computer option, then choose Command Prompt from various options.

3. Recover Windows 8.1 Password with Commands
3-1 Type: copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\
3-2 Type: copy /y c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe
3-3 Exit installation CD, and reboot your PC.

4. Reset Windows 8.1 Admin Password
While Windows login screen appears, press the Shift key 5 times to bring up the command line interface. Now type net user your name your new password. For example, net user iSunshare 12345

It means that the password of account iSunshare will be set as 12345. Password reset has finished so far. But sethc.exe has been covered. Now use the command c:\sethc.exe file back to c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe to restore the original sethc.exe file.

Fourth, look for an effective password recovery tool. 

That's no doubt the the previous two ways are easy, but unfortunately not everyone has created PIN code, Microsoft account, not everyone could use installation CD for Windows 8.1 lost password reset. So if there is an effective and easy way to choose, many people would select it. Now let me talk about one powerful password recovery tool, Windows Password Genius.

Step 1: Install the password recovery tool on your available device like Windows computer, Mac, or Android phone and then create a password reset disk with it. Before you run tool to burn a reset disk, you have to prepare bootable USB drive and insert it into device. Below shows the interface of iSunshare Windows Password for Windows. For Mac and Android version, refer to Reset Windows password with Android phone and Reset Windows password with Mac.

Step 2: When password recovery disk is created successfully, plug it into Windows 8.1 computer. Set computer boot from USB.

After it completely starts from USB, Windows Password Genius program will run. On the program screen, make sure Windows system and choose administrator. And then click “Reset Password” to remove Windows 8.1 unknown administrator password.

Which way is available for you? Believe you could find an effective one after browsing the above introduction.

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