How to Unlock Surface Pro 4 If You Forgot Windows 10 Password

Lost your local admin password or Microsoft account password? Unable to sign into your Surface Pro tablet? In this tutorial we'll show you how to unlock Surface Pro 4 by resetting the forgotten Windows 10 password with a USB drive.

How to Unlock Surface Pro 4 If You Forgot Windows 10 Password?

Use a working PC (because you're locked out of Surface Pro tablet) to download PCUnlocker Enterprise. After you've downloaded it, unzip it to a local folder. You'll see a CD image: pcunlocker.iso.

Now we need to create a bootable USB drive. Download and install the freeware ISO2Disc on your local machine. Run ISO2Disc. Click the Browse button to locate the pcunlocker ISO file.

Next choose "Burn to USB Flash Drive" and select your USB drive from the list. Select "GPT (required for UEFI boot)" under Partition Style. Click Start Burn.

After the USB drive is burning successfully, insert the USB drive into the USB port on your Surface Pro 4. Make sure Surface Pro is turned off. Hold down the volume-down (-) button and press the Power button, release two buttons until you see the Surface logo on the screen.

You'll be presented with the PCUnlocker screen. Select one of your user accounts and click on "Reset Password" button. It will remove your Windows 10 password immediately.

Reboot your Surface Pro and unplug the USB drive. You can then sign into Windows 10 without typing a password. This procedure also works with Surface Pro, Surface Pro 2 and Surface Pro 3.

Reset Windows 10 PC to Factory Default Settings - Step By Step Tutorial

What can I do if my computer is running really slow or caught a virus? Windows 10 factory reset is much easier than performing a clean installation. In this tutorial we'll walk you through the steps of resetting Windows 10 PC to factory default settings. After a factory reset, your computer will be restored back to the state in which it was when you bought it.

How to Reset Windows 10 PC to Factory Default Settings?

1. Press the Windows logo key + X on your keyboard to open the Settings app.
2. Click Update & Recovery.
3. Select the Recovery tab on the left side, and click Get Started under the Reset This PC section.
4. The pop-up window will prompt you to choose either "Keep my files" or "Remove everything". If there is no important files or you have backed up them on to external disk drive, you can click "Remove everything".
5. Now you have another two options: Just remove my files, Remove files and clean the drive. The latter option will format your hard drive and erase all the data securely.
6. Click on Reset. It will begin to reset your Windows 10 computer to factory settings. This process will take at least half an hour, depend on your computer's performance.

This method requires you to log on to your computer with admin rights. If you forgot Windows 10 password and couldn't sign in, you might need to reinstall the OS from scratch.

Forgot Windows 10 Password on Samsung Notebook 9 Series

How do I unlock Samsung Notebook 9 after forgetting Windows 10 password? Don't worry! Just create a PCUnlocker Live USB stick and you can boot off Samsung Notebook 9 to remove your lost user password in no time.

How to Reset Windows 10 Password on Samsung Notebook 9 Series?

 Download the PCUnlocker CD image and install the ISO file to your USB stick with ISO2Disc or Rufus. This need to be done from another PC you have admin access.

Insert the USB stick into the USB port and turn on your Samsung Notebook 9. Quickly and repeatedly press the F2 key to access the BIOS Setup.

Under the BIOS Setup, go to the Advanced tab and disable Fast Boot. Go to the Boot tab, turn off Secure Boot and change the OS Mode Selection to CSM OS. Highlight the Boot Device Priority and press Enter, then set USB drive as the first boot media. Save your changes and exit BIOS.

When the computer restarts, it will boot directly to the PCUnlocker program. Select an user and click on "Reset Password" button. It will reset your forgotten user password instantly.

Reboot and enter into the BIOS Setup again, change the OS Mode Selection back to UEFI OS. Now you can log back into your Windows 10 without typing a password! So this is how you can reset Windows 10 password on Samsung Notebook 9 Series with ease.
 

Tutorial: Reset Forgotten Windows 10 Password for Free

Have you ever forgot your Windows 10 password? Did know how to reset forgotten Windows 10 Password without having a password reset disk? If you have such kind of question in your mind, don't worry. Here we'll show you a free & simple way to reset forgotten Windows 10 password with installation CD.

This method will work on all versions of Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7 and Vista. Let's see how can you reset Windows 10 Password in just a few steps.

How to Reset Forgotten Windows 10 Password with Installation CD?

Boot your computer from Windows 10 installation CD (If you don’t have Windows 10 install CD, you can use a Windows 8 or 7 install CD instead). When the Windows Setup screen opens, press SHIFT + F10 key combinations to bring up the Command Prompt.

Here we need to replace the sethc.exe file with cmd.exe. Just run the following commands at the Command Prompt one by one, replace d:\ with the actual drive letter of your Windows 10 installation.

copy d:\windows\system32\sethc.exe d:\
copy /y d:\windows\system32\cmd.exe d:\windows\system32\sethc.exe

When it's done. exit Windows Setup and remove the installation CD. Reboot your computer.

When your computer boots back to Windows 10 login screen, press the SHIFT key 5 times in a row. The Command Prompt will open with administrative privileges. Execute the following command and you can reset your forgotten user password quickly. Replace username with the name of your Windows account, and newpassword with your new password.

net user username newpassword

Close the Command Prompt and you'll come back at Windows logon screen. You can now sign in with your new password.

This method is also known as sticky keys trick and it can help you regain admin access to your computer when you're locked out of Windows 10, without using any third party software.