A Microsoft account — a Hotmail account or Windows Live ID — is a new way to sign in to any PC running Windows 8. After switching from local account to Microsoft account,
you can’t log in to your local account any longer, until you switch
back to local account again. What to do if you forgot the password of
your Microsoft account in Windows 8?
There are tons of password recovery software which can help you
recover or reset Windows local account password. But none of them
support the new sign-in account – Microsoft account. In this tutorial I
will show you how to reset Microsoft account password in Windows 8 so you can sign in with a new password.
Most people think that an internet connection is needed in order to
log in Windows 8 with a Microsoft account, but you will discover that
Windows 8 allows you to log in even without internet. Actually, your
Microsoft password will be cached locally by Windows 8 when you set up a
Microsoft account. Next time when you login, it will attempt to connect
to internet and verify your entered password. If the password is
incorrect or there is no internet connection, Windows will use the
cached login credentials to verify your password.
The cached passwords are stored as hashes in the local system
registry, so it is difficult to crack or recover the original password.
However, it’s possible to update the cached password hash using a new
password, so you can log in the system with a new password in case your
actual Hotmail password is lost or forgotten. Reset Windows Password is the right software which can help you easily reset Microsoft account password by running from a bootable CD or USB drive.
Reset Windows Password
utility comes as an ISO image file. Just burn the ISO image to a CD or
USB drive on an alternative computer, then use the disc to boot your
locked Windows 8 computer. The password reset program inside the disc
will launch and it allows you to reset the password of your Microsoft
account easily.
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