How to Remove Windows 8 Password When You Forgot It

What to do if you forgot Windows 8 password? Is there a way to remove Windows 8 password without logging in? In a worst case scenario, where you don’t have a password reset disk nor have access to the only administrator account, Password Recovery Bundle can help. In this post, we will guide you through step-by-step procedure of removing Windows 8 password using a bootable CD or USB flash drive.

How to Remove Windows 8 Password When You Forgot It?

Download Password Recovery Bundle and save it to any computer you can access. Double-click on the setup file and install it. Launch the program and click on Windows Password button. From the pop-up dialog you can create a bootable Windows password removal CD or USB flash drive.

After the password removal CD/USB drive is created, reboot your locked Windows 8 PC and access system BIOS menu by pressing ESC, F2, F10, F9 or other BIOS key. Head over to Boot menu and set CD or Removable Drive as first boot option. Once boot priority is changed, save the changes and reboot the computer.

If you have changed the boot order successfully, the computer will boot from the CD/USB drive and start the Reset Windows Password utility after a while. From the program’s interface, you can see the Windows 8 SAM registry file and a list of Windows local user accounts.

Select a user account and click on Reset Password button. It will remove your forgotten Windows 8 password quickly. After that, remove the CD/USB drive and restart the computer. You can then log into your Windows 8 user account with a blank password.

How to Remove Lost Administrator Password in Windows 8

Lost or forgot your administrator password in Windows 8? Windows 8, as the latest operating system which has just been released by Microsoft, there are few tricks and tips you can use to recover or remove the login password on it. Fortunately, there is a powerful utility which can work with Windows 8 and allows you to remove lost administrator password easily – Password Recovery Bundle.

How to Remove Lost Administrator Password in Windows 8?

1. First you need to download Password Recovery Bundle program on another computer. After installing and running the program, click the Windows Password button, which allows you to create a password removal bootdisk in 3 steps. Insert a blank CD/DVD or USB drive into the computer and click Start Burn to create a bootdisk.
2. Insert the password removal bootdisk you’ve created into the computer which locked you out of it. Turn on the computer and hold down F2 or whatever the setup key is shown as during the initial boot screen. This should bring up the BIOS.
   In the BIOS look for the Boot Device Priority option, set CD/DVD as the 1st boot device if you want to boot from CD. You can either set Removable Device as the 1st boot device if you want to boot off USB drive. Save your changes.
3. Restart the computer and now it will boot from the password removal bootdisk. After one or two minutes the bootdisk will launch the Reset Windows Password utility. Choose the administrator account, and then click Reset Password button. The program will remove your lost administrator password instantly.
4. Now remove the password removal bootdisk and restart the computer, you can then quickly log on Windows 8 system without being asked for a password.

Password Recovery Bundle could also be used to remove lost administrator password in Windows 7/Vista/XP. It can save you lots of time and frustration in case you lost or forgot Windows 8 administrator password.