Toshiba Satellite Windows 8 Laptop Password Reset

Lost Windows 8 admin password to your Toshiba Satellite laptop? You can use some bootable utilities like BartPE to reset your lost Windows password, but such disks are Windows XP based operating systems which can be used to unlock only Windows 7, Vista and XP (not including Windows 8).

The reason behind this is, most of Windows 8 laptop is configured in UEFI mode (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface). The UEFI mode does not allow to boot legacy OS like Windows XP, DOS etc. So to reset Windows 8 password, the conventional method does not work.

Luckily, the latest version of PCUnlocker came out that can boot in UEFI mode. This article will introduce how to make a PCUnlocker Live USB and then use it to bypass Windows 8 password on Toshiba Satellite laptop.

Create A PCUnlocker Live USB

If you can't boot into your Toshiba Satellite Laptop, you'll need to borrow one from a friend to make your own PCUnlocker Live USB drive, but other than that, all you really need is a USB flash drive. Here’s what you need to do:

1. Download the PCUnlocker Enterprise and save it on your spare computer. Please note both the Standard and Pro editions don't support UEFI booting. The downloaded file is a self-extracting .zip file which contains a UEFI bootable ISO image: pcunlocker.iso. Extract the ISO image file from it.
2. Burn the ISO image file to your USB flash drive using the freeware ISO2Disc or Rufus. Make sure you choose the "GPT" or "GPT partition scheme for UEFI computer" option while burning the USB drive. If you don't have a USB drive at hand, you can use a blank CD to make a PCUnlocker Live disc.
   
   
3. Once your USB drive has finished burning, insert it into your Toshiba Satellite laptop.

Reset Toshiba Satellite Windows 8 Laptop Password

Now that you've successfully created a PCUnlocker Live USB drive. It's time to boot into the USB drive and reset Windows 8 password. Here is what you need to do:

1. Turn on your Toshiba Satellite laptop. As soon as the Toshiba logo appears, press F12 to get into Boot Menu. Using the arrow keys to select the DVD option and press Enter. In some Toshiba notebooks or laptops, in order to access the Boot Menu you might need to press the ESC key or the "C" key as you boot.
2. Once you've booted into the PCUnlocker Live USB, you'll be presented with the screen of PCUnlocker. This program automatically locates the SAM database file for your installed Windows operating system, and shows you a list of local user accounts.
   
   
3. Choose your administrator account and click on "Reset Password" button. The program will remove your forgotten Windows 8 password quickly! If you're using a Microsoft account as your computer's login, make sure you choose the associated local account and the program will unlock your Microsoft account password locally.
4. When it's done, reboot your system and you can log back into your Windows 8 account. Besides bypassing Windows 8 password, you can also use PCUnlocker Live USB drive to reset Windows 7, Vista and XP passwords on your Toshiba Satellite laptops.

Unlock Forgotten Windows 8 Local / Microsoft Account, PIN and Picture Password

Forgot your Windows 8 user password and can't log in with any sign-in option? Is there any Windows 8 password recovery software? Don't panic. This article will explain how to unlock forgotten Windows 8 local account, Microsoft account, PIN and Picture Password with ease.

1. Local Account

Local account password is stored in the SAM file using NT/LM hash. SAM is part of the Windows registry that is located in c:\windows\system32\config\. The SAM file is locked and cannot be accessed when the operating system is loaded. However, it is fully accessible if the computer is booted from a live recovery disk such as PCUnlocker.

PCUnlocker is a WinPE-based utility with simple graphical user interface. The program works offline and it creates its own boot environment. Once you boot into PCUnlocker Live CD, you can unlock / reset lost password of any user account on Windows 8.1 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP.

2. Microsoft Account

In Windows 8 / 8.1, you can link a local account to your Microsoft account or create a brand new Microsoft account. After forgetting the Microsoft account password, you can reset it online via the Microsoft Account Password Reset page. But what to do if your Microsoft account is compromised or hacked?
Just like the domain logons, Windows caches the Microsoft account password locally which makes it possible to login without Internet connection. If you're locked out of Windows 8, you can also reset the cached Microsoft account password with PCUnlocker, which allows you to log on to Windows 8 with a new password.

 

3. Picture Password and PIN

 

During Windows 8 installation, we must first create a local account or Microsoft account and then optionally set up a PIN or Picture Password. So if you've forgotten your PIN code or Picture Password, click Switch to password button on the picture logon screen and you can then use a local / Microsoft account to login.

Picture Password and PIN logon seem to be more secure than a local account. However, these two types of passwords are stored using reversible encryption, and you can decrypt and recover Windows 8 Picture Password and PIN easily as long as you can log into Windows with admin rights.

Windows 8 UEFI Password Reset

Forgot the admin password on Windows 8 UEFI/GPT computer? Most of password recovery bootdisks won't boot normally any more when dealing with UEFI BIOS. PCUnlocker should be the unique bootdisk which is fully compatible with UEFI/GPT computer. It enables you to reset lost Windows 8 password with a UEFI bootable CD or USB drive.

There are three editions of PCUnlocker: Standard, Pro and Enterprise. But only the Enterprise edition supports UEFI booting. In this tutorial we're going to show you how to reset lost Windows 8 UEFI password using PCUnlocker Enterprise.

Step 1: Create A UEFI Bootable CD or USB Drive

After purchasing the full version of PCUnlocker Enterprise, you'll get the download link of PCUnlocker_UEFI_x64.zip. Unzip it and you’ll get the UEFI bootable ISO image of PCUnlocker. Burn the ISO image to a blank CD or USB flash drive using ISO2Disc.


Step 2: Boot Your Locked PC from CD/USB Drive

Connect the CD or USB drive to your locked Windows 8 UEFI computer. Turn on the computer and press a key like F12 to bring up the Boot Menu. The exact key depends on your computer. If you can’t find a way to access the Boot Menu, you can either head over to BIOS for changing the boot order: set CD or USB drive as the first boot option.


Step 3: Windows 8 UEFI Password Reset

Now the computer will boot from the CD/USB drive. After a while, you'll see the PCUnlocker program itself, which automatically searches your Windows 8 SAM registry file and locates all Windows 8 user accounts existing on your computer.


Choose a user account and then click on "Reset Password" button. The program will remove / reset your lost Windows 8 password, as well as unlocking the selected user account in case it is disabled, locked out or expired.
Remove the Live CD/USB drive and restart your computer. Now you can log back into your Windows 8 UEFI computer without a password!

How to Reset Lost Windows 8 Password on Dell XPS Tablet

Forgot the administrator password on your Windows 8 Dell XPS tablet? How to reset Windows 8 password so you get back into your computer? In this article we’ll show you a simple but effective method to reset lost Windows 8 password on Dell XPS Tablet PCs.

How to Reset Lost Windows 8 Password on Dell XPS Tablet?

Download the zipped ISO image of PCUnlocker on another PC you can access. Unzip the download file and burn the ISO image on a USB flash drive using ISO2Disc program.

After you have created a PCUnlocker Live USB drive, connect it to your Dell XPS tablet which requires a password reset. Turn on the tablet PC and hit F2 from keyboard dock or volume- rocker at startup, and then disable the Secure Boot option in the BIOS. Apply settings and Exit.

Hit F2 from keyboard dock or hold down volume+ rocker at power-on. Choose your PCUnlocker Live USB drive and press Enter. Your tablet will load the WinPE operating system from your USB drive. After a while, you’ll see the PCUnlcoker program. The program displays a list of Windows 8 user accounts existing in your Dell XPS tablet.



Choose a user account and click on Reset Password button. The program will reset your lost Windows 8 password and also unlock/enable your user account when it’s necessary. Now click on Restart button to reboot the computer and remove the PCUnlocker Live USB drive.

After booting to the Windows 8 login screen, just leave the password box empty and you can log back into your Windows 8 user account immediately. It’s so easy to reset a forgotten Windows 8 password on Dell XPS tablet PC.

How to Reset Forgotten Windows 8 Password without Any Software

Did you forget your Windows 8 user account password? Are you stuck with no access to an administrator account? Do you need to get into your child’s (or an employee’s) computer for whatever reason? If so, there is an easy way to do it. and all it requires is a Windows 8 Recovery Drive.

If you don’t have a Windows 8 Recovery Drive, you can create one on another Windows 8 PC which you can access, by following this guide: How to Create a Recovery Drive in Windows 8. Here I will try to make an easy to follow tutorial that will be useful for novice users as well as professionals to reset forgotten Windows 8 password without using any third-party software.

How to Reset Forgotten Windows 8 Password?

1. Once booted to the login screen, click the Ease of Access button at the bottom left corner. It will open a Command Prompt window instead of the Ease of Access menu.
2. On the next screen, click the Command Promptoption to open up a Command Prompt window.
3. Insert the Windows 8 Recovery Drive into your locked machine and boot the computer from it, and after that you’ll see the Troubleshoot menu. click Advanced options.
4. Type diskpart command and press Enter. Next type list vol and press Enter, you’ll see a list of your disk partitions, from which you can easily find your Windows installation partition. In our case D is the drive letter of my Windows 8 installation.
5. Type exit command to exit the DiskPart utility.
6. Next enter the following command one by one. Make sure to replace Din the first command to the appropriate drive letter for your Windows partition, if it’s different in your case.

   D:
   cd windows
   cd system32
   ren Utilman.exe Utilman.exe.bak
   copy cmd.exe Utilman.exe

   
7. These commands will replace the Utilman.exe (Ease of Access) with the Command Prompt (cmd.exe). Remove the Windows 8 Recovery Drive and reboot the system.
8. Type net user command and press Enter, it will list the exact names of all the user accounts available in your Windows 8 system.
9. Enter the command below to reset a lost or forgotten password. In this example, we will be changing top-password’s password to 123456.

   net user top-password.com 123456

   Replace top-password.com with the name of your user account.
   
10. Type exit command and press Enter. You’ll return back to the login screen.
11. Now you should be able to log into your PC using the new password.
12. After getting into Windows 8, please remember to rename the Utilman.exe.bak back to Utilman.exe.
13. That’s it – you have successfully reset your forgotten Windows 8 password.

This trick isn’t as simple as a few mouse clicks but as long as you can follow the instructions carefully, you should have no trouble resetting your Windows 8 password. However, using the third-party software is a better choice in most situations. Reset Windows Password utility is a unique recovery software that enables you to reset forgotten Windows 8 password for local account as well as Microsoft account.

Forgot Windows 8 Password for Your Laptop?

Forgot Windows 8 password for your laptop? It is troublesome when you forgot windows 8 password especially your system contains important data. Though re-installing Windows 8 will help you remove Windows 8 password, it also erase your important data on computer. Many computer newbies don’t have any idea about password reset disc and other methods to reset the password in Windows 8. Here I’ll show you the easiest way to reset Windows 8 password using a bootable password reset disc.

How to Reset Forgotten Windows 8 Password for Your Laptop?
Reset Windows Password utility is one of the best Windows password recovery software which can help you unlock administrator password easily on Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP.

You have to boot into this program off a CD or USB drive, so it downloads as an .iso image file. Double-click that file and Windows just might start a program that burns the disc. If it doesn’t, download and install ISO2Disc, then try again. Simply copying the .iso file to a CD won’t work.

When you boot the Windows password reset disc, the computer will load the mini operating system inside the disc and finally start the Reset Windows Password program. The program automatically finds the Windows SAM database and retrieves the user accounts existing in your Windows 8 installation.



Simply select the user account whose password you want to reset, then click on Reset Password button. It will delete the forgotten/unknown password in no time.

Finally remove the CD and reboot the computer. It will boot Windows into the logon screen. Choose your user account and left the password field as blank, you can log in to Windows 8 without any hassle.

How to Log in If You Forgot Microsoft Account Password in Windows 8

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.

Reset Windows 8 Password with a Bootable CD or USB Drive

It's bound to happen sooner or later. You set a new password on Windows 8 and now can't remember it. You may have written your password on a sticky note but now can't find it anywhere. Windows account is locked out by mistyping the password so many times, or whatever.

It's a misconception that when you forgot Windows 8 password, you will have to reinstall Windows and start from scratch. In reality, you can reset Windows 8 password with a bootable CD or USB drive, and regain access to your system without losing any file. Follow the steps below:

Step 1: Create a Bootable CD or USB Drive

1. Download and save the Reset Windows Password self-extracting Zip file to any computer you have access to (not your locked computer), then extract the ISO image file: ResetWindowsPwd.iso from it.
2. Insert a blank CD or USB flash drive into the computer.
3. Use the ISO2Disc utility to burn the ISO image file to your CD or USB drive.

Step 2: Change BIOS Settings

1. Turn on your locked computer. When it is powered on, check the boot-screen for setup key (i.e. DELETE key, F8 key, F2 key) to enter BIOS Setup Utility.
2. Use the arrow keys to select the BOOT tab, then change the Boot Device Priority: Set 1st Boot Device to CDROM so you can boot from the CD, or choose Removable Device if you want to boot off a USB flash drive.
3. Press F10 to save your changes.

Step 3: Reset Windows 8 Password

1. Insert the CD or USB you've created into your locked Windows 8 computer, and turn on the computer.
2. It should boot from the CD or USB, which contains a miniature operating system along with a software for you to reset Windows 8 password. The system will boot into the Reset Windows Password screen.
3. The program will locate the Windows SAM registry files for all your Windows installations on your computer. After choose the SAM registry file corresponding to your Windows 8 installation, you'll see a list of Windows 8 user accounts.
4. Select your desired account from the list, then click the Reset Password button. It will remove your forgotten Windows 8 password instantly.
5. Click the Restart button to reboot the computer and remove the CD or USB drive. You are able to log in to Windows 8 system using a blank password.

Keep the bootable password reset CD or USB drive in a safe place so you can find it easily when you need to reset Windows 8 password next time.