Resetting the Windows password 8. How to reset a forgotten password in Windows 8

Our computer is a real storehouse of various data, which at times are very important and inaccessible to everyone. Let's drop the situation when computers hack hackers and steal information. We are considering a situation where a user by itself forgets the password and does not know what to do with it. Yes, there are many such situations. And not everyone knows how to fix or solve this problem. Just imagine that you have a database of your customers or a report for the year stored on your computer, it is possible that yesterday you saved the thesis on your computer and must hand it over tomorrow, however, you forgot the password and start to panic quietly because of the desperate situation. Therefore, we'll talk about how to reset the password of Windows 8 (a modern operating system that is installed by most users). In this article you can get knowledge and recommendations that will not only understand the whole process, but also get rid of troubles.

Why do I need a password?

And firstly it is worth investigating, do you need a password at all? As we said above, sometimes on your computer can store various data that should not be available to third parties. Sometimes there may be data that needs to be stored and isolated from deletion. For example, if you have children in the house, they will necessarily use a computer and constantly break it a little. Can delete data or change them, situations can be described a lot. Therefore, in order to avoid such trouble, it is necessary to have a password for protection. But it happens that the password is forgotten, and you need to quickly restore it. Therefore, you need to know how to implement the reset of the password of Windows 8. And as soon as such a problem arises, you can immediately correct the situation and no longer worry about whether you have written down the password.

What should I do if my password is forgotten?

But if you still forgot the data to enter the profile, then you should prepare for a little training. Resetting a password is a procedure that allows you to bypass protection on your computer and be able to use it. Of course, one can also consider the misuse of such a method, but what to do, it is impossible to exclude such an opportunity altogether. The new Windows 8 operating system is good in that it has a unique password recovery and storage system that allows you to reset the password in several ways. Resetting the password can be done by manipulating its profiles in Windows, and the second involves using a licensed installation disk or flash drive.

Accounts in Windows 8

Is there a Windows 8 password reset program? Yes, it is, but we will talk about it a little later, at first it is worth analyzing the standard ways of implementing the restoration of access. So, above, we clarified that there are several profiles in Windows 8. One of them is referred to as local (gives access to the system by activating the verification of local data, that is, those that were created without the Internet profile). The second profile is the Microsoft account. This is already full data, which were registered by creating an Internet profile. Each of them has features in its recovery, which must be taken into account, otherwise it will simply not work to reset the password of Windows 8.

How do I reset my local account password?

So, above we indicated that the local password is an account that was created personally and without the Internet profile. Therefore, to restore this type of account, you must use a simple Windows installation disk. To do this, you need to insert the disk into the drive and restart the computer. Then in the installation menu, you must agree with the operation of the disk and select the menu "System Restore" - "Diagnostics". As soon as a new window appears, you need to go to "Advanced Options" and start the command line. In it you will need to enter several commands in turn, after each one must press Enter:

• "Copy c: \ windows \ system32 \ utilman.exe c: \";
• "Copy c: \ windows \ system32 \ cmd.exe c: \ windows \ system32 \ utilman.exe" (if you receive a warning about replacing files, you must agree).

After the done actions, you need to restart the computer and remove the disk (or USB flash drive, depending on which media you have an operating system), so that on the next start you already have the computer started without using third-party memory objects. When the boot screen appears again, you will notice changes, that is, new additional options will appear. You need to go to the "Special Features" menu and press the "Windows + U" key combination. These actions will allow using the command line, where you need to enter the command "net_user" and from the list of accounts that appears, select the one that was used by you. If, for some reason, an error occurs 8646, then you use an Internet profile, and you must perform a different password reset on Windows 8. The next option implies the presence of the Internet and the data that was specified during the registration of the copy by the operating system. If you do not have anything, you should contact a specialist in the service.

How do I reset my Internet profile password?

If you used the Microsoft site to set a password on Windows, neither the drive nor the USB flash drive of the Windows 8 password will help you, because you need to request a password change on the official Microsoft website.

The procedure is simple, it is enough to request a password recovery and receive a letter that will help to avoid this unpleasant situation. So, to restore, choose the "forgot password" and agree with the responsibility that is assigned to you. After that, a window with possible options for obtaining a password will drop out. It is necessary to select the "Email me a reset link" option, since this option will allow you to receive the email either with a link to the change, or with a secret question that you indicated during registration. After passing through all these nuances, the letter will be received, and the password is changed, which will allow you to continue to use your computer without hindrance.

USB flash drive as a recovery tool

It should be borne in mind that due to the peculiarities of modern technologies, the password reset disk of Windows 8 can be considered an outdated version and does not work, so, in order not to get into this unpleasant situation, it is necessary to always have a USB flash drive with you. Politics Microsoft decided to move to these more convenient media, so if you bought Windows separately, then, in fact, you should have such a flash drive. If you received a compiled computer, then for sure you have a disk with a licensed copy. But even in this situation, it's not so difficult to get rid of the disk, you just need to write all the data from the media to any convenient USB flash drive with the Boot option (this option is set in the recording settings, it allows the media to run uninterrupted in the boot screen).

A floppy disk is an outdated version

There is also a situation where a Windows 8 password reset disk is recommended as the main way to achieve a positive result. It is worth considering that technological progress has reached incredible heights, and now the diskette is not used at all. Yes, perhaps you met such material and the carriers themselves. But it is necessary to take into account the modernity of computers, which already practically do not identify this kind of device. Therefore, diskettes were replaced by more advanced flash drives, which unobstructed give an opportunity to get rid of the problem with the password.

Password cracking program

So, actually, we came to the most interesting moment of our reasoning, which will explain how to get information about a unique program that allows you to reset the password on any computer without additional data and devices.

You can reset the administrator password for Windows 8 by using a program called Online NT Password & Registry Editor. First it needs to be downloaded, and then burn a USB flash drive, which is not bootable. You can do this using the WinSetupFromUSB program. After you have created the necessary flash drive, it's time to reboot the computer and set the priority of USB boot. You can do this in Bios in the "Boot" menu by installing the USB option number 1 in the "Boot Device Propriety" option. After that, you must restart the computer again.

The next time you start Windows, a window with various options appears, you do not need to select anything, just press Enter. In the second window with options it is necessary to specify on which medium the operating system is installed. They are listed under "Possible Windows" - select the desired number and wait a few minutes. It's time to start actively hacking the password, go to the "Password reset" menu and press Enter. This will allow you to go to the window where you can edit the protection data. It lists all the accounts that are used on this computer. Select the desired profile and press Enter. In the next window you should select the option "Clear user password" - everything, the password will be successfully reset. You will return to the initial window where you need to press Q and restart the computer (do not forget to install the offline boot from the hard drive, removing the priority from the USB flash drive).

Windows Disk Restore

If you do not want to mess around with the nuances and recommendations, there is a cardinal way to reset the password, which is the usual reinstallation of Windows. But it is worth considering that this method is only suitable if you use a local profile. In the case of the Internet profile, you can not get rid of the password, because online registration will require previously entered data. In other cases, you can safely reinstall the operating system, you do not have to worry about the data, they will all remain (if you do not use formatting). True, you will have to reinstall some programs, but this is not such a big problem.

The standard way to reset your password

For Windows 8, resetting the user's password is already a serious problem, because, based on experience with previous operating systems, developers took into account the huge number of users who forgot the password and had to restore it. So they did not get lost and in this system they developed a curious utility. "Windows 8 Password Reset Wizard" - that's how it is called. To get it, you need to go to the start - the control panel and select the option "User Accounts". After that, select the "Create a password reset disk" menu and save the file to a USB flash drive. After that you can load the computer together with a flash drive and notice that in the password input menu there is an additional option "Reset", which, in fact, will allow to restore the access to the system. Just keep in mind that this method works exclusively with a local account.

How to avoid this unpleasant situation?

That's all there is to know about the recovery procedure. A decent amount of information, is not it? Therefore, in order not to torment yourself and to be able to go unhindered into the system, do not forget to write down the password on paper and hide it in the most reliable place, where you can definitely look in case of need. Either create the password that you always use in a conversation or keep it in memory. Only with a certain and collected approach to this business will you never forget the password and will not lose access to the system.