How to recover / reset Windows 8 password easily

There are a number of reasons that can be lost or forgotten your password Windows 8. Perhaps eBay acquired a team, but the seller forgot to give the password. Or perhaps simply forgot the password itself because it is long and difficult to remember.

To return to your computer, it is necessary that the media begin and there are many integrated live that can be used to break the lost Windows Disk passwords. Ophcrack and PCUnlocker are the two most powerful of them, and here we show how to use it to recover and / or reset Windows password 8 set.

Option 1: Change the password for Windows 8 with the reset disk

Reset is easier to restore a form of forgotten password reset disk. However, you need to create a reset disk before you forget your password. Therefore, regardless of the method you use to For once, the first thing you
should do once it has been identified, is to create a reset disk.

Step 1: Insert the disc.

And it cannot be any type of support chosen: USB, floppy or CD-ROM.

Step 2: Go to preference "in the account of the user."

Click the "Start" button and select "Control Panel". Click "User Accounts and Family Safety" link top right corner of the window and click on "User Accounts" that should be at the top of the window.

Step 3: Create a Windows password reset disk 8

Back to the preferences of the user and click the link labeled "Create a password reset," that is on the left side of the window frame. Then just follow the instructions on the screen to create a backup of your password and Windows 8. Make sure the disk is stored in a safe place where you will be able to find easily.

Step 4: Restart your Windows 8 has the password.

Assuming that reset disks before you forget your password, all you have to do is plug the drive - or a USB flash drive or a multimedia device was used to create a reset to step 3. Then the disc even just start the computer and the user login page, click the "reset password" and follow the instructions to reset your password in Windows 8 set.

Option 2: Reset the Microsoft Word screen

The first time you install Windows 8, you had the opportunity to subscribe to a Microsoft account, which allows you to access a range of services and tools under the auspices of Microsoft - such as Outlook, Skype or Xboxes - a load. Another advantage is that the Microsoft account gives you an easy way to recover lost or forgotten passwords option.

Note: This method works only if your Microsoft username is used to connect to the computer. One way to tell if you are using a username or email address regularly. If you use an email address, then this method will work for you. Otherwise, scroll down to find ways on how to reset the password of a local account.

Step 1: Go to the Microsoft Word site.

Select the "Forgot Password" and click "Next."

Step 2: Fill in the required fields.

Enter the account information in the text field and fill CAPTCHA before pressing the blue "Next" button.

Note: The address e-mail account cannot be hotmail.com or as microsoft.net - major titles will be used to set up an email account.

Step 3: Confirm your identity.

You can receive your security code, either through text or email. If you select email, enter your email address in the input field. If you select the text, enter the last four digits of your phone number. Click the blue "Next" button when you are done, or if none of these options works, select "I can not use one of these options" button, Microsoft will contact you via email.

Step 4: Select Security Act

To find the security code, either in your e-mail or SMS. Enter the security code on the page that appears. Click the "Next" button and you'll be redirected to a page where you can create a new password.

If you select "I can not use any of these options," you will be redirected to a page where you must enter the email address associated with Microsoft, and email account where it can be the alternative to Microsoft for you contact. Once you are finished, click "Next" and enter as much of the information requested on the following page name, birth date, billing information, etc., and click the "Send" button. Microsoft will soon send you a link to reset your password by email.

Option 3: reset Windows password 8 game by another manager

If you use your computer for several authorized persons as directors, then you can have a different user signal and reset the password reset. However, this method only works if you have multiple accounts on the same computer administrator.

Step 1: Account Access User Panel

After entering the other load, click the Start button and select "Control Panel". In Control Panel, click on "User Accounts and protection" button in the upper right corner of the page. Click on "User Accounts" at the top of the window and, on the next page, click "Manage another account" which can be found at the bottom of the resulting menu link.

Step 2: Reset the password.

Select the appropriate account, and when prompted, click the "Change Password" and follow the instructions on the screen to change the password for the specified account. Once completed, log on to the account in the usual way and re-use the new password.

Other options to recover the password and Windows 8

If the above methods do not work for you, you can try the underdogs, which uses external programs to "break" the Windows 8 password.

ophcrack

Ophcrack is a table Rainbow technology-based password cracking software that provides a way to attack, brute force / dictionary to recover passwords on Windows operating systems. To discover the original password, Ophcrack to go through all the possible combinations of passwords until it works. Here the following steps:

To start, you need to download directly editions of the three official ISO website.There ophcrack available for different operating systems. To recover a password and Windows 8, try changing "Ophcrack Vista / 7 LiveCD". Downloading files over 649Mb.

After downloading, burn the ISO image Ophcrack to a blank disc using the CD / DVD burning your favorite tool.

After that, put the disc in the CD drive of the computer you want to recover the password.

Once inserted, Linux and the download will begin Ophcrack, the password recovery starts automatically. No need to type or click anything! Wait until the recovery password.

computer Unlocker

Instead of password recovery, PCUnlocker allows you to restore lost Windows 8 traffic quickly. Windows stores logon credentials (LM hashes / NT password) in the SAM registry hive (C: \ WINDOWS \ system32 \ config \ SAM). After starting the machine from the Live CD PCUnlocker will update / replace the existing password hashes even be able to connect to your computer with a blank password. It is much faster than Ophcrack, but not being able to access the original password. To start, click here to download the PCUnlocker program. Download the file is a self-extracting file that contains the ISO image to boot.

Burn the ISO image to a CD or USB stick via the free Rufus ISO2Disc or ImgBurn.

After booting from the CD / USB player and PCUnlocker define user accounts on the local system.

Select a user and click "Change password". Remove / unlock the forgotten password immediately.

Then back to work on the computer, then you can connect to your Windows account without a password.

Conclusion

LiveCD earlier versions of Windows or Linux can not be recognized in Windows 8. If you can not get the computer to boot from the Ophcrack or PCUnlocker, you may need to modify the startup BIOS UEFI BIOS and disable boot option Safe Mode heritage.