How to Reset Forgotten Admin Password on Windows 8

Like other previous operational system, Windows 8 has brought us so much surprise since it releases. But it is still different from other operational systems, because both account and other kinds of password could be used to login into Windows 8. The account is general administrator, others contain admin password, PIN code and picture password.

However, we generally create administrator password, but forget build PIN code or picture gestures. If we forget admin password at this time, how can I do?

Choice 1: Reset Windows 8 PC
Maybe you can reset your Windows 8 PC with installation CD if you don’t have any important files on your computer. Prepare Windows 8 installation DVD and insert it into computer. Boot computer from disc, and tap or click on the Repair your computer.

Choice 2: Or Boot Computer from a System Recovery Drive

• Insert system recovery drive into a free USB port
• Boot Windows 8 from the flash drive 
• On the Choose your keyboard layout screen, tap or click on US or whatever keyboard layout you'd like to use.

Choice 3: Or Boot Directly to Advanced Startup Options

• Start or restart your computer or device 
• Choose the boot option for System Recovery, Advanced Startup, Recovery, etc.

Choice 4: Or Use System Repair Disc to Reset Windows 8 Admin Password.

1. Insert installation disk into your locked Win 8 computer and restart your PC.
2. Choose the language settings, click “Next”.
3. Choose the recovery option, click “Next”.

Follow wizard to finish Windows system repair and password reset.

Surely if you don’t want to damage any files on your computer, you had better not try these ways. Even though they can help you to recover Windows 8 password, at the same time, they damage some system files on your computer. More useful choices are ways which are safe for Windows 8 computer and easy to use. 

Is there effective way to access computer again without any damage or data loss? 

Just like recovery tools for Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000, there have been more and more such tools for Windows 8 password reset. So, when you could not think of other ways, Windows Password Genius Advanced will achieve this goal.

Its user-friendly interface makes Windows Password Genius easy to use. Just need to install and run it on accessible computer, and burn password reset disk into bootable USB or CD/DVD drive with it. This boot drive can be used to remove or reset Windows forgotten user passwords. 

From the process of Windows 8 password reset, it's not hardly to find the main steps to recover Windows 8 password with recovery tool is to create a password reset disk. Therefore, it prompts us that if we have password reset disk previously, we just need to click “Reset Password” link on logon window to reset Windows 8 password.

Summary:

1. The first effective choice for Windows 8 password reset:
   PIN code, Picture Password and Password Reset Disk
2. The second choice for Windows 8 password reset:
   System Repair Disc, Windows 8 Recovery Drive, Installation CD/DVD
3. The last but not least choice:
   Windows Password Genius

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What to Do if Forgot Windows 8 Admin Password

Forgot the administrator password used to login in to Windows 8, how to do?  As is known, besides local account, PIN code, Picture password and Microsoft account are available to login Windows 8 too. So what to do if forgot Windows 8 admin password?

1. Change Windows 8 Logon Way
2. Reset Windows 8 Forgotten Password with Reset Disk
3. Create Password Reset Disk to Reset Windows 8 Forgotten Password

1. Change Windows 8 Logon Way

According to the above introduction, when you forgot local admin Windows 8 password, you still can login Windows 8 with PIN code, Picture password and Microsoft account.

On the Windows logon screen, after you type incorrect password, all the logon ways list under password input box. Choose one logon way according to what you have created.  

1.1 Login Windows 8 with PIN code and Reset Forgotten Windows 8 Password

Step 1: Sign in Windows 8 with PIN code

When you forgot your local account password in the login page, sign-in options is provided for you to choose. Click the Sign-in options, there are all logon options. Choose PIN, and input 4-digit code in the box. Then you can sign in to your computer successfully. 

Step 2: Press Windows +X, and click on Command Prompt (Admin) and Yes.

Step 3: On the Command Prompt, type in: Net User <user name> <new password> and press Enter to reset a new password for Windows 8.

Command Prompt screen appears, input the words like the words in the red box, user name is iSunshare, new password is 12345, and then press Enter to complete the Windows password reset process.

1.2 Login Windows 8 with Picture Password and Change Windows 8 Local Admin Password

Picture password is an image with three specify gestures. Maybe it is easy to remember than characters password. After you type incorrect password for Windows 8 logon, under the password box, other logon ways including picture password will list there. Select picture password to login, and access Windows 8 successfully. Navigate to Settings - Change PC Settings - Users, choose change Windows 8 local admin password. Enter new password for it and save it.

1.3 Windows 8 Logon with Microsoft Account

If your computer has set up to sign in to Windows 8 with Microsoft account, and you can login Windows with it, and create a PIN that any user who has a password must enter it when waking this PC, and then login with PIN code, reset password with Command Prompt.

However, if all the above Windows 8 logon ways have not prepared, what should you do if forgot Windows admin password?

2. Reset Windows 8 Forgotten Password with Reset Disk

Actually, when we login Windows 8 with wrong admin password, there is another tip for us to reset Windows password. But password reset disk is necessary. On the Windows 8 login screen, click “Reset Password” to reset Windows 8 password with reset disk. 

Insert password reset disk you have prepared into Windows 8, reset Windows 8 password following operation wizard. 

But if you don’t have both other logon ways and password reset disk, how should you do now?

3. Create Password Reset Disk to Reset Windows 8 Forgotten Password

The effective Windows Password Genius Advanced will let you create a Windows password reset disk easily and successfully.

Step 1: Just download and install it on an accessible computer. Prepare a bootable USB flash drive and burn password reset disk into it with Windows Password Genius Advanced.

Step 2: Exit password USB disk and plug it into your Windows 8 computer. Set computer boot from USB to run Windows Password Genius program. Select Windows 8 admin account and click "Reset Password" to reset administrator password.

Step 3: Exit USB and reboot Windows 8. Now Windows 8 computer can start usually without password.

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No Reset Disk - How to Reset Windows 8 Password

No reset disk available. How to reset Windows 8 password? No matter which kind of Windows operational system you use, Windows password forgot problem is always in front of us. Unless we have not only one admin account, otherwise, to find or create a password reset disk will be another problem. 

If we are familiar with computer, believe we  all know password reset disk can be created before we forgot Windows 8 password. But if we lost this time, we can but burn reset disk with other software, such as Windows Password Genius. 

Now it’s the time to burn password reset disk.

First, choose right version of Windows Password Genius. Download Windows Password Genius Advanced and install it on an accessible computer.

Besides Windows Password Genius Advanced, there are still Standard, Professional, and Raid version. Windows password Genius supports three ways to create a reset disk, include Windows computer, Mac, and Android phone. The Advanced version will be the best choice for Windows 8 password reset.

Second, insert bootable USB device into computer and get ready to create Windows 8 password reset disk.

• Click “Begin burning” to let reset disk burning start; after few seconds, a window pops up and tell you password reset disk has been burning successfully.
• Just exit USB disk and password reset disk is stored in it. It can be used to reset forgotten Windows password on any computer.

Now you have owned reset disk, how to reset Windows 8 password?

Step 1: Plug USB device with reset disk into locked Windows 8 computer.

Step 2: Start locked Windows 8 computer and boot it from USB.

This step is important and is needed to learn boot settings on different kinds of computer. For example, usually press Del when starting desktop computer, and press F2 when start laptop. But the operation is not the same for so many laptops. 

Step 3: Reset Windows 8 Password with Reset Disk

Windows 8 computer boots successfully from USB disk. Windows Password Genius Advanced program runs in WinPE environment. Make sure Windows system right, and choose administrator or user account and click “Reset Password”.

This is only the password reset disk for Windows password reset. More ways to reset Windows password, learn about them here.

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How to Reset Admin Password on PC Windows 7

Lost Windows 7 admin password on PC? Don’t be afraid of. Now this passage is intended to solve this problem. How to reset an admin password on PC Windows 7?

• Solution 1: Reset Windows 7 Admin Password with Administrator
• Solution 2: Reset Admin Password on Windows 7 with Disk

Solution 1: Reset Windows 7 Admin Password with another Administrator

As we all know, there are three kinds of account for Windows client, guest, standard account and administrator. Administrator has the highest authority on computer and Windows operation. And it is forbidden default and without password. So generally we create admin account to use computer more conveniently and forget there is still administrator we never use. At this time, we can log in to Windows 7 with administrator. 

Enter Control Panel - User Accounts and Family Safety - User Accounts, choose the account you want to change or remove its password. Click “Change your password”, type “New password” and “Confirm new password”. Or click “Remove your password” and “Remove Password” to make sure.

Solution 2: Reset Admin Password on Windows 7 with Disk

1. Reset Admin Password with Windows 7 Password Reset Disk

The password reset disk can be created when you can access Windows 7 or locked out of Windows 7. 

If the password reset disk has been created when you can access Windows 7, just when you are prepare to login Windows 7, type incorrect password. Click “Reset Password” to go on Windows 7 password reset.

If your password reset disk is burned by Windows Password Genius, insert password reset disk into locked Windows 7 PC. Set PC boot from password reset disk so as to run Windows Password Genius program to reset Windows 7 password. In WinPE environment, you can see the program lists all the accounts for Windows 7. Select admin account and click “Reset Password”.

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2. Reset Windows Admin Password with Bootable Disk

The bootable disk can be Windows 7 installation CD, or bootable disk created by other software, such as Offline NT password registry editor.

2.1 Reset Windows 7 Admin Password with Installation CD

Follow this passage about reset Windows password with installation CD.

2.2 Reset Windows 7 Password with Offline NT password registry editor

<1> Get Offline NT Password Registry Editor and use it to create a live cd or bootable USB disk.

<2> Set your PC boot with the USB
<3> Follow the Windows 7 password reset instruction to finish the operation when password reset program starts.

Forgot Windows Server 2012 Domain Admin Password - Reset in 2 Minutes

"I forgot Windows Server 2012 domain admin password. How should I do to reset Windows 2012 password as soon as possible with high efficiency? I don’t know a lot about computers. So the method or way to reset Windows server 2012 password had better be easy to be taken into practice."

This is a question from a HP computer user. In order to find solutions for HP Windows server 2012 domain admin password reset, I just read a passage about reset Windows server 2012 password with Microsoft tools. Surely this method works when you could complete Windows server password reset with command prompt and virtual machine. If not, we should consider other more effective and easy ways, such as Windows password recovery tool.

Now let me tell you how to reset Windows server 2012 password with Windows Password Genius Advanced. With the following introduction, you still could compare these two methods, estimate which one is more effective and suitable for you. And then choose it to reset forgotten domain server admin password. 

1. Search “Windows Password Genius” on Internet and download it on an accessible computer.
   
2. Install and run it automatically. And prepare bootable USB device or CD/DVD-ROM.
   
3. Insert USB into accessible computer and double-click Windows Password Genius to run.
4. Choose USB as media type and click “Begin burning” button to create a password reset disk.
5. When you see a message “Burning successfully”, click "OK" and exit USB disk.
6. Plug USB reset disk into locked HP server. Power on HP server and press F12 to boot it from USB device. 
7. Few seconds later, Windows Password Genius will automatically run in the WinPE environment. 
8. Make sure "Windows system" is Windows server 2012 and choose administrator account you have forgotten password. 
9. After you choose account, click “Reset Password” to reset Windows server 2012 domain admin password to “iSunshare@2012”. Or click “Add User” to create new account for Windows server 2012 logon.

So far, you could find Windows server 2012 forgotten password has been reset in about 2 minutes. Besides this, new administrator for Windows server could be created when HP computer is locked.

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Windows Server 2003 Reset Local Administrator Password Effectively

“I am using windows server 2003 enterprise edition. I forgot the windows Administrator log in password. It is only one user in my system. How to reset the password or how to log in? Is there other than option of OS format because important software and data are there? I want it.”

“It works as domain controller. Please give me an available tip for resetting Windows server 2003 administrator password without data loss. Thanks!”

This is a question from Microsoft forums. Now let me tell you how to reset Windows server local admin password effectively with Windows Password Genius and password reset disk. 

Option 1: Windows Server 2003 Reset Local Administrator Password with Windows Password Genius

  Use Windows Password Genius Advanced to reset Windows server 2003 local forgotten password. Download and install it on available computer. Run it and insert bootable USB device into computer to begin creating a password reset disk. Just choose USB device and click “Begin burning” to wait for password reset disk creation. After reset disk is created successfully, exit it and use it to reset Windows server forgotten password. 

Set Windows server boot from USB reset disk. And Windows Password Genius Advanced runs few seconds later. Make sure Windows system is right, and choose the administrator you forgot password. Click “Reset Password”. The domain admin password will be reset as “iSunshare@2012”. Or you can add new local user for Windows server 2003. Next, click “Reboot” to restart Windows server and login with new password. 

Option 2: Reset Windows Server 2003 Admin Password with Reset Disk

Password reset disk is general for Windows password recovery or reset, no matter your computer is server or client. And no matter what kind of password it is, it can be used to reset Windows password. 

When you login with incorrect logon password, there is a message prompts you that Reset Password. Click the link to go on. 

Insert your password reset disk into locked server. And choose it to following the password reset wizard to reset Windows server administrator password.

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How to Reset Forgotten Windows Server 2008 R2 Password Easily

-- Windows Server Password Reset Series

 Like other Windows systems, there should be a lot of ways to reset Windows server 2008 R2 forgotten password. However, if one of them is both effective and safe, I believe we will choose it naturally. Now let me introduce the easy and effective way. Reset Windows server 2008 password with Windows Password Genius Advanced.

Preparation

• Windows Password Genius Advanced; 
• An available Windows computer, Mac, or a rooted Android phone; 
• Bootable USB or CD ROM.

1. Install Windows Password Genius Advanced on available device.

Follow installation wizard to install Windows Password Genius Advanced successfully on available device. Run it and Insert bootable USB into the accessible Windows computer, Mac, or Android phone. 

Step by step, it is not hard even for computer newer. 

2. Choose USB device and select the USB device as the password burning disk. Click "Begin burning" to create a password reset disk.

When the message "Burning successfully" pops up, password reset disk has been created.

Exit USB password reset disk and get ready to reset forgotten Windows server 2008 r2 password with it.

 

3. Plug USB disk into locked Windows server, set it to boot from USB device or removable devices.
Just choose BOOT option, move Removable Devices as the first boot choice. Press F10 to save these boot settings changes. 

4. Windows server boot from USB reset disk successfully in WinPE environment. 

After that, Windows Password Genius Advanced program runs automatically. If your server computer is installed with different kinds of Windows server systems, make sure you have chosen the Windows server 2008 R2. Select the account you forgot password, click "Reset Password" to reset the account password as "iSunshare@2012". 

Or you can add new user to your Windows server 2008 r2 computer. Just click "Add User" and write down user name, whose password is automatically set as "iSunshare@2012". 

5. Reboot Windows server 2008 R2 and login Windows with new password "iSunshare@2012".

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