Recover Forgotten Windows 8 Password

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Question: I Forgot My Windows 8 Password! What Are My Options? First things first: don't be embarrassed that you forgot your Windows 8 password . We're told over and over again to make longer and more complicated passwords t o help keep our data secure, which makes them harder and harder to remember. Who are we trying to keep out here? Even if your Windows 8 password wasn't that difficult to remember - you're human . Everyone forgets things now and then, even important things! Answer: Fortunately, there are a number of ways to get back in if you forgot you r Windows 8 password. Important: Some of these ideas only apply if you log in to Windows 8 using a loc al account (you logon with a traditional username), some work only if you're usi ng a Microsoft account (you logon with an email address), and some work for both . I'll let you know each time. However, all of these ideas apply equally to any edition of Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 you may be using. Reset Your Microsoft Account Password Online An option you were given when you first bought your computer, or installed Windo ws 8, was to sign up for a, or sign in with your existing, Microsoft account. On e really big benefit of doing that is that it gives you an escape plan if you ev er forget your Windows 8 password... and that's why you're here, right? So grab your smartphone, or any other computer, pull open your favorite browser, and see How To Reset Your Microsoft Account Password for the full tutorial. Note: You can reset a forgotten Windows 8 password online like this only if you' re using a Microsoft account. If you're using a local account, your password is not stored with Microsoft online and so can't be reset by them. Use That Windows 8 Password Reset Disk You Made A Windows 8 password reset disk is exactly what is sounds like - it's a floppy d isk, or flash drive, that can be used to reset your Windows 8 password if you fo rget it. If you have one, this is the time to find it and use it! Unfortunately, it's that if you have one bit that will probably have you moving on to the next idea. A password reset disk is tied to your specific Windows 8 ac count, meaning that one has to be created from within Windows, back when you act ually knew your password. In other words, if you don't already have a Windows 8 password reset disk, your chance to create one is over. Once you get back into Windows 8 using one of the other ideas below, please crea te a Windows 8 password reset disk so you can avoid all this trouble next time y our forget your password. Note: Creating, and thus using, a password reset disk is only an option if you l ogon to Windows 8 using a local account. Make [Educated] Guesses at Your Windows 8 Password Before you roll your eyes at this one, give it a shot. Seriously try this, if ev en just to humor me. I realize that guessing is probably the first thing you did once you realized you forgot your Windows 8 password, but were they educated gu esses or just a few frustrated tries? Yes, there are several geeky ways to hack yourself back in to Windows 8 but befo

re you spend all that time and energy with those, give educating guessing a real ly good last shot. Considering that both simple and complex, well-crafted passwords are usually ins pired by the things most familiar to us in our lives, could your Windows 8 passw ord have something to do with: your spouse's, partner's, friend's, or child's birthday? an aspect of your first, middle, or last name? a favorite set of numbers? a fond memory from childhood? a favorite food or activity? the phone number you remember when you were a kid? where you work or live? your pets? some combination of the above? Those are just a few ideas. I highly recommend that you read through my How To S uccessfully Guess Your Own Password for some help figuring out your forgotten Wi ndows 8 password. Have Another User Change Your Windows 8 Password If more than one person uses your computer, and at least one of those other peop le is configured as an administrator, that person can log on with his or her pas sword and change your password for you from the User Accounts applet in Control Panel. See How To Change Another User's Password in Windows 8 for a tutorial. Note: You can only have an administrator on your computer change your forgotten Windows 8 password if your account is a local account. The other administrator u ser can have a Microsoft account or a local account, but your account must be a local account to have your password changed this way. Use This Hack to Reset Your Windows 8 Password The word "hack" might be pushing it a little, but there is a free and relatively simple procedure you can follow that allows you do reset your Windows 8 passwor d if you've forgotten it. With this hack, you'll be able to reset your Windows 8 password right from the Windows logon screen, without a password reset disk or flash drive, and without any need for third-party software. See How to Reset a Windows 8 Password for a detailed walkthrough. You'll have to use Command Prompt and do some things you may have never done before, but follo w my instructions closely and you'll get it through it fine. Note: This hack will only work if you login to Windows 8 with a local account. S everal other sites recommend this process for Windows 8 in all cases, but I guar antee you it won't successfully reset your Windows 8 password if you're using a Microsoft account to logon. Reset or Recover Your Windows 8 Password With One of These Tools If for whatever reason the almost-always-work ideas above weren't successful for you, it's time to move on to some more "traditional" means of hacking into your computer. A number of software-based hacking tools, called Windows password recovery progr ams, are available from various companies and software developers. Depending on which program you choose to use, it may actually find and show you your forgotte

n Windows 8 password, or it may simply reset it, allowing you to logon without a password at all. Note: I talk about a number of password recovery and reset tools in that list of programs I just linked you to. For the most part, the password recovery program s work for both local and Microsoft account passwords. The password reset tools will only reset your forgotten Windows 8 password if you're logging on with a lo cal account. Reset Your PC The Reset Your PC process in Windows 8 is very different than just resetting you r password. This process removes all of your installed programs, apps, and even all of your saved data. In other words, you get to login to Windows 8 again beca use your computer is reset back to its initial configuration, just as it was whe n you bought it or first installed Windows 8. To complete the Reset Your PC process, access Advanced Startup Options and then choose Troubleshoot -> Reset Your PC. This is obviously not a great way to get past a forgotten Windows 8 password but if all else fails, this will almost certainly work. You'll have the option of c reating a new local account or Microsoft account, or if you happen to have a sec ond Microsoft account you do know the password to, you'll have the option of sig ning in with that. Tip: In very d Reset Your ll Windows 8 . Performing Your PC. rare cases, where you've both forgotten your Windows 8 password, an PC isn't functioning for some reason, you can choose to clean insta as long as you have a Windows 8 setup disc or flash drive available a clean install of Windows 8 accomplishes the same thing as a Reset

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