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:

1. Download the PCUnlocker CD-ISO ZIP file and extract it to get the ISO file. Burn the ISO file to a CD (or USB thumb drive) using the freeware ISO2Disc.

   

2. Use the bootable CD you just created to boot your locked Windows 8 computer. Make sure that you have made necessary changes to boot priority setting in the BIOS so that the computer will boot from CD/DVD.
3. You don’t have to do anything at this point, just let it load the WinPE OS. After one or two minutes, you’ll see the PCUnlocker program which shows you a list of user accounts it finds in your Windows installation.
4. If you need to reset a lost password, just select an account and click on “Reset Password” button to proceed. Here we’re going to bypass the password, not reset or delete the password, so click on Options button and then select “Bypass Windows Password“.

   

5. You’ll see a pop-up dialog for confirming the password bypassing operation, click OK to proceed.

   

6. Now you’re almost done. Click OK and then restart the computer.

   

   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?

1. Follow this guide to download a official copy of Windows 8 / 8.1 directly from Microsoft’s servers.
2. After you’ve downloaded the Windows 8 or 8 ISO image, burn it to a USB flash drive with the freeware ISO2Disc.
3. Open your USB installation drive and navigate to the /sources folder. Look for the ei.cfg file and open it in a text editor such as Notepad. If the file doesn’t already exist, create a new text document and rename it as ei.cfg.
4. Copy and paste the following text into the ei.cfgfile and then save it. Make sure that anything that already exists in the file should be cleared first.
   
   [EditionID]
   Professional

   [Channel]
   Retail

   [VL]
1

   

5. Now go ahead and boot from your USB installation media. This time you will see a Skip button when you are prompted to enter a product key during Windows Setup.

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:

• A USB drive (USB 3.0 is preferrable) or external USB hard drive with at least 16GB of space.
• Windows 8, 8.1 or Windows 10 ISO image
• The free ISO burning tool: ISO2Disc

How to Create A Windows 8 To Go USB Drive?

1. Download and install the freeware ISO2Disc on your computer.
2. Plug in your external USB drive on the PC and launch ISO2Disc.

   

3. Click on Browse button to select your Windows 8 or 8.1 ISO image. Please note that the program will format your external USB drive and delete its entire data, so it is always recommended taking a backup before you continue.
4. Click on Burn to USB Flash Drive option and select your USB drive from the device list.
5. Choose the GPT partition style if you want to create a UEFI bootable drive, or stick with MBR if you need to boot off a computer with a traditional BIOS.
6. Under the Bootdisk Type, select “Windows to Go (install Windows to USB)“.

   

7. When you click Start Burn, it begins to install a portable version of Windows to your USB drive. This process can take a very long time if you use a USB 2.0 thumb drive. It’s recommended to use an external USB mass storage device and this process can be done within about ten minutes.

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

1. First connect your hard drive to another working computer as a slave/second drive.
2. You need to copy the setup files from Windows 8 ISO to your hard drive. This can be done using the freeware 7-Zip. After installing 7-Zip locally, right-click on your Windows 8 ISO image and select 7-Zip -> Extract files.

   

3. Next you need to specify where the destination should be. Click … button to select the root path of the attached hard drive. Click OK.

   

4. Now the extracting progress window will display.

   

   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

1. Open the Command Prompt with admin privileges. In Windows 7, go to Start > All Programs > Accessories. Right-click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator.
2. In the Command Prompt, type in the following commands, and press Enter key after typing each command.
Diskpart
List Disk
Select Disk 1
List Partition
Select Partition 1
Active
Exit

   

   The commands above will set the first partition of your attached hard drive as active.

3. Next type this command to mark your hard drive as bootable:
   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.

4. At this moment your external hard drive is bootable and you can then use it to install Windows 8. Close the Command Prompt and shutdown the computer.

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:

1. Head over to Microsoft’s installation tool webpage, and then click the Create media button to download Windows Installation Media Creation Tool (about 1.26 Mb).
2. Once the file finishes downloading, double-click it to launch the Windows Installation Media Creation Tool. Connect your USB flash drive (at least 4 GB of space should be available) or insert a blank DVD.
3. This program allows you to select your desired language, Windows 8.1 edition and system architecture (32-bit or 64-bit). As far as editions are concerned, you can get Windows 8.1, Windows 8.1 Pro, the N versions of both operating systems, or a single language Windows 8.1 version.

   

4. After clicking the Next button, you’ll be presented with two options to save the installation file: create a Windows 8.1 installation USB drive or save the setup ISO image for later user. If you don’t have a USB drive at hand, you should select the 2nd option to save the installation ISO image on your PC which can then be burned to a DVD.

   

5. Click Next to download or create the install media. This will take a while depending on the speed of your Internet connection and Windows 8.1 edition that you’re downloading.

   

   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?

1. Download the zipped ISO image of PCUnlocker Enterprise program. After you’ve downloaded it, double-click the download file and your system will display all files inside the zip archive. Drag the pcunlocker.iso from there and save it on your desktop.
2. Install ISO2Disc program and launch it. Click on Browse button to locate the ISO image you’ve downloaded, then choose the USB flash drive you’ve plugged in, select the GPT (required for UEFI boot) partition style. Click on Start Burn to create a bootable PCUnlocker USB drive.

   

3. Plug the USB drive to your ThinkPad 10 tablet PC. When you turn on the tablet, press the power button together with the volume up button at the same time to enter the ThinkPad Setup program.
4. Once into the BIOS screen, select Startup then Boot. Move your attached USB drive to the top of the bootable device list.

   

5. Switch to the Security tab, disable the Secure Boot option. Press F10 to save your changes and then reboot.

   

6. After booting from USB drive, it will start the WinPE operating system inside the USB drive and eventually open up the PCUnlocker program. PCUnlocker automatically searches your Windows 8.1 installation and displays a list of Windows 8.1 user accounts on your ThinkPad 10 tablet.

   

7. Choose a user account and click on Reset Password button. The program will reset your forgotten Windows 8.1 password immediately. Restart the tablet and remove the USB drive. You can then log into your ThinkPad 10 tablet without a password!

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:

1. Use a spare computer to download the PCUnlocker program. Unzip the downloaded file and you’ll get a pcunlocker.iso image. Burn the ISO image to a blank CD (or USB flash drive) using the freeware ISO2Disc.
2. After you have the disc, you have to boot your locked Dell Vostro laptop from CD. Turn on the computer. When the DELL logo appears, press F2 immediately to access the BIOS Setup.
3. Navigate to the Boot tab, use the arrow keys to move CD/DVD/CD-RW Drive (or USB Storage Device) to the top of bootable device list. If this screen has a setting labeled “Boot List Option”, it indicates your computer is preloaded with the latest UEFI firmware instead of traditional BIOS. You need to change the Boot List Option from UEFI to Legacy, disable Secure Boot and enable Load Legacy Option Rom.

   

4. Save your changes and exit BIOS Setup. The computer will automatically reboot from your burned CD (or USB flash drive). If everything goes as expected, you’ll come to the PCUnlocker program which shows you a list of user accounts for your Windows installation.
5. Choose one of Windows accounts and click on Reset Password button. It will unlock / enable the selected account and reset the password as well. If the selected account is a standard account, it will also been promoted to an administrator account.

   

6. The last step is to simply click on Restart button to reboot the machine. Make sure to remove the CD or USB so it doesn’t boot again. If you’ve changed the Boot List Option from UEFI to Legacy, you have to switch it back again. Now when you boot the machine the password for that user should be gone!

So this is how can you reset forgotten Dell Vostro password with a bootdisk. It’s that easy!