Have you forgot your Windows 8 logon password and couldn’t get past the logon screen? In this guide, we will show you how to bypass Windows 8 logon password in just a few steps. And we are using a bootable utility – PCUnlocker – to make this happen. So, here is the procedure to bypass Windows 8 logon password:
Before the computer is powered on, eject the CD so it will boot normally from the hard drive. When the logon screen appears, click on a local account or Microsoft account and you can log on by typing anything in the password box. That’s it!
When you try to install Windows 8/8.1, it will ask for a product key during the installation process, which cannot be skipped. If you have not bought Windows 8 license but want to try it or you are in a situation where you do not have a product key and want to install Windows 8, here is a way to get around this limitation so you can install Windows 8 without product key.
How to Bypass Product Key When Installing Windows 8/8.1?
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Windows To Go is a new feature in Windows 8 that allows you to install a portable version of Windows on a USB drive that you can take anywhere. However, the built-in Windows To Go Creator is only available in the Enterprise edition. Luckily there is a freeware ISO2Disc that allows you to create a Windows To Go USB drive from any editions of Windows 8 ISO image.
Requirements:
How to Create A Windows 8 To Go USB Drive?
PCUnlocker is the most popular Windows password cracking software that lets you boot your computer from an image file, over local area network (LAN). This feature is very useful for those computers which are not installed with CD/DVD drives but are connected to LAN.
PXE works with Network Interface Card (NIC) of the system by making it function like a boot device. Nearly every modern Windows PC has a BIOS which supports PXE booting. Just put the PCUnlocker ISO image on a PXE server, you can then boot any other PC/netbook on the same LAN network to use PCUnlocker for resetting a forgotten Windows password!
Check out this article for detailed instructions:
Windows Password Recovery Using PXE Network Boot
Newer PCs and laptops pre-installed with Windows 10/8 no longer come with a product key sticker attached to the back or bottom of the PC. Instead, PC manufacturers have worked with Microsoft to embed the product key directly into the BIOS or EFI.
The OEM product key is just not easy to find, and it’s impossible to read without some help. Luckily, you can use the KeyFinder Plus utility to retrieve the OEM-embedded product key from BIOS/EFI.
To view Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10 product key from the BIOS or UEFI, simply run KeyFinder Plus on your PC. Upon running the tool and click on “Start Recovery”, it will automatically scan your BIOS or EFI and display the product key. It will also scan the Windows registry for locating CD keys for softwares installed on your PC.
After recover the key, we recommend you store the product key in a safe location. This product key can be used to reinstall Windows with a clean Windows setup CD, or to reinstall Windows after a crash or system failure.
Is it possible to install Windows 8 from a external hard drive without losing data? With the freeeare ISO2Disc you can make a installation CD/USB from Windows 8 ISO image. However, what to do if you don’t have a CD or USB drive in hand? This tutorial will explain how to create a bootable hard drive from Windows 8 ISO image, and then install Windows 8 directly from external hard drive.
Part 1: Copy Windows 8 Installation Files to Hard Drive
When this is done, the extraction dialog will automatically close. Now you’ve successfully copied all contents of Windows 8 ISO to your hard drive.
Part 2: Make Hard Drive Bootable
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Select Disk 1
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Select Partition 1
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Exit
The commands above will set the first partition of your attached hard drive as active.
e:\boot\bootsect.exe /nt60 e:
Assuming that e: is the drive letter of attached hard drive, where the Windows 8 installation files are copied to.
Part 3: Install Windows 8
Place the hard drive back into the target machine. Make sure that the BIOS is configured to boot from the hard drive. If you did everything correctly, you should see the blue Windows logo and setup will load. Install Windows 8 as usual (but don’t format your hard drive this time otherwise it will erase the Windows 8 setup files too).
Microsoft has finally come up with an official tool – Windows Installation Media Creating Tool, which will let you create a Windows 8.1 installation media. If you need to install Windows 8.1 from scratch, no longer do you need to install Windows 8 first, and then update through the Windows store.
This new tool allows you to download and save Windows 8.1 ISO file to your computer and then create a bootable Windows 8.1 installation CD/USB drive. Here’s how:
Once this is done, you can use the USB flash drive to perform a clean install of Windows 8.1 right away, or burn the ISO image to CD/USB with the freeware ISO2Disc.
How to access ThinkPad 10 tablet if you’ve forgotten your Windows 8.1 password? It’s clearly an issue all of us have experienced at some point in time with varying degrees of importance and frustration. In this article we’ll provide an easy way to bypass Windows 8.1 password on ThinkPad 10 tablet.
First of all, you need to create a bootable PCUnlocker USB drive on another PC you have access to. Boot your ThinkPad 10 tablet from the USB drive and it enables you to reset forgotten Windows 8.1 admin/user password easily. Here are step-by-step instructions.
Note: PCUnlocker Enterprise supports both 32-bit UEFI and 64-bit UEFI. If your tablet comes with Windows 8/8.1 32-bit preinstalled, make sure you use the 32-bit distribution of PCUnlocker Enterprise. Otherwise you need to use 64-bit distribution instead.
How to Bypass Windows 8.1 Password on ThinkPad 10 Tablet?
Couldn’t log on your ASUS VivoTab Smart laptop after forgotten Windows 8 password? Here’s how you can bypass Windows 8 password on ASUS VivoTab Smart tablet, without losing any file or data.
How to Reset Windows 8 Password on ASUS VivoTab Smart?
Before getting started, you need to find a password recovery utility that supports UEFI booting, because ASUS VivoTab Smart uses 32-bit UEFI firmware instead of legacy BIOS. Here we’ll use the Enterprise edition of PCUnlocker, which works with 32-bit/64-bit UEFI-based computers.
Use a secondary PC to download the full version of PCUnlocker Enterprise (trial version). Unzip the downloaded file and you’ll get a CD image called pcunlocker.iso, which needs to be burned onto a USB flash drive (or CD) with the ISO2Disc program. Remember to choose the GPT (required for UEFI boot) option.
After you’ve created a PCUnlocker USB drive, use a Micro USB adapter to connect it to your ASUS VivoTab Smart laptop. If your laptop is running, you must turn off the laptop.
While pressing the Power button, hold the volume down button until you get to the Boot Device Menu screen. From there select Enter Setup. In the BIOS Setup, select the Security tab, disable Secure Boot and Default Key Provisioning.
Navigate to the Boot tab. Under the Boot Option Priorities section, set your USB flash drive as the first boot option. Save your changes and exit BIOS.
The tablet will restart and boot from your created USB drive. After a while, you’ll get to the PCUnlocker program which automatically locates all Windows accounts on your tablet. Choose an account and click on Reset Password. It will bypass / remove your forgotten password in no time.
Now you’ve successfully bypassed Windows 8 password on your ASUS VivoTab Smart laptop. Disconnect the USB drive and you can then boot into Windows 8 without entering a password!
Forgot administrator password for your Dell Vostro 3560 laptop? How can I bypass or hack a lost Windows password? If you do not want to run the cracking tool on your computer for days/weeks/years in attempting to decrypt the login password, you can quickly remove the forgotten Windows user password with PCUnlocker. In this article we’ll show you how to reset forgotten Windows 8 or Windows 7 password on your Dell Vostro laptops.
How to Reset Forgotten Windows 8/7 Password on Dell Vostro?
PCUnlocker comes as an ISO image that needs to be burned on to a CD, or you can put the ISO on to USB stick using a utility. Then simply boot to the CD or USB to run the utility for bypassing your Windows user password. Here are step-by-step instructions:
So this is how can you reset forgotten Dell Vostro password with a bootdisk. It’s that easy!