Windows 8 Password Reset without Disk

Forgot your Windows 8 password? If you have created a password reset disk as long as you set a password for your account, it would cause no panic at all when you forgot your Windows 8 password. But what if you have to perform Windows 8 password reset without disk? That shouldn’t cause your panic as well. Here we especially list optional ways for you to perform Windows 8 password reset without disk.

Windows 8 Password Reset with other Accessible Administrator Account

If you forgot Windows 8 password and know that there is no password reset disk created before for sure, check whether there is an account with administrator privileges among the accessible accounts. If have, switch to log in to that accessible administrator account.

1. Login with that accessible administrator account to get into locked Windows 8 first.

2. Press Windows key + X key to open Computer Management window.

 

3. Expand Local Users and Groups and then Users folder.

4. Right click on the target Windows 8 user account you forgot its password and select Set Password button.

5. Enter the new password and reenter it to confirm.

6. Click OK button to save the changes.

Windows 8 Password Reset with Alternative & Available Sign-in Options

Windows 8 features the option to sign in using a local user account, a Microsoft account, a picture password or a PIN code. If you signed for a Microsoft account or created a picture password or PIN code, try login with any alternative sign-in option first and then reset Windows 8 forgotten password.

1. Click Sign-in options link and choose Password, PIN or Picture password to sign in your Windows 8.

After successful sign-in, you can reset your Windows 8 local account password easily.

2. Press Windows key + X key simultaneously and select Command Prompt (Admin) option.

3. In Command Prompt window, type the command: net user User-Name New-Password and press Enter key to perform Windows 8 password reset.

When you see the prompt that The command completed successfully, you have reset your Windows 8 password successfully.

Windows 8 Password Reset with Asunsoft Windows Password Geeker Advanced

The above two ways only feasible when you meet certain premises, but what if you didn’t meet? Can you still perform Windows 8 password reset besides with password reset disk created before? This method comes to your need.

1. Use any accessible computer with Internet to download and install Asunsoft Windows Password Geeker Advanced.

2. Run the installed Asunsoft and choose USB device or CD/DVD as the media to create a bootable password reset disk.

3. Insert a USB flash drive or CD/DVD disk, select it from the pull-down list and then click Begin burning button.

4. Transfer the already burned USB flash drive or CD/DVD disk to the locked Windows 8 computer. Start Windows 8 computer, press Boot Menu key as soon as possible to enter Boot Menu screen and select Removable devices or CD/DVD-ROM Drive option.

5. Select the target user account you forgot its password, click Reset Password button, click Yes to reset its password to blank.

6. Click Reboot button when password has been reset as Blank. Eject your USB flash drive or CD/DVD disk and click Yes button to restart your computer now.

How to Create a Windows 7 Password Reset Disk

As we all know, a Windows 7 password reset disk can help you easily reset forgotten or lost Windows 7 password. Now here I’d like to introduce two kinds of Windows 7 password reset disk, one is created proactively before forgot password and the other is created freshly after forgot password.

Read on to check which kind of Window 7 password reset disk suits you best.

Windows 7 Password Reset Disk Created Proactively

A Windows 7 password reset disk created proactively means that you created it when you still have access to your Windows 7 far more before you forgot your Windows 7 password. You can create on following the easy steps:

1. Insert a floppy disk or USB flash drive into your Windows 7 as the media to create a Windows 7 password reset disk.

Note: Not support CD, DVD, or external hard drive.

2. Click on Start button and choose Control Panel.

3. Click on the User Accounts and Family Safety link and then User Accounts link.

4. Click on the Create a password reset disk link on the left pane.

Note: It corresponds to the local administrator account by default.

5. Click Next button in the Forgotten Password Wizard window.

6. Select the removable device name from the pull-down list and click Next button to go on.

7. Enter your current account password and click Next button to go on.

8. When it prompts you that the process is 100% completed, you click Next button.

9. Click Finish button to finish creating the Windows 7 password reset disk.

10. Remove the floppy disk or USB flash drive from your Windows 7 computer and put it away.

Note: If you have already forgotten your Windows 7 password and cannot get in, then you won’t be able to create such a Windows 7 password reset disk.

Windows 7 Password Reset Disk Created Freshly

In view of that the above Windows 7 password reset disk cannot be created when you cannot get in Windows 7, here I introduce the other kind of Windows 7 password reset disk which can make that. Follow the easy steps to create one:

1. Prepare yourself another accessible computer with Internet, which could be your work computer, your brother or sister’s or others’.

2. Search Asunsoft Windows 7 Password Geeker at Google, download and install it on that accessible computer.

3. Run the installed Asunsoft Windows 7 Password Geeker, choose USB device or CD/DVD option.

4. Insert a blank USB flash drive or CD/DVD disk, select it from the pull-down list and then click Begin burning button to start burning the software into it.

5. Click OK when it prompts Burning successfully.

6. Remove the USB flash drive or CD/DVD disk and transfer it to the locked Windows 7 computer to reset forgotten password.

You can find more solutions to reset Windows 7 password without disk below:

How to Reset Windows 7 Password without Disk (1)

How to Reset Windows 7 Password without Disk (2)

I Forgot the Password to My Laptop

Forgot the Windows password to your laptop and thus being locked out of it? What can you do? No need take your laptop to a computer technician or a computer repair store. You yourself can fix it easily at home. Now this article will introduce some common ways to reset forgotten password for Dell/Acer/HP/Samsung/Lenovo etc. laptop.

You run Windows 8 or Windows 7? Or you say that you run Windows XP? No problem at all. Because the ways I’m going to introduce apply to almost all Windows systems. So don’t worry!

Way 1: Reset Forgotten Laptop Password with another Accessible Administrator

Essential: An accessible administrator account.

When you get the prompt the username or password is incorrect, input the password again to make sure that you type it correctly. Is still wrong again? Remind whether there is any accessible administrator account, if there is, switch to log in with that accessible administrator account.

1. Click Start button and type lusrmgr.msc in the search box. Press Enter to open Local Users and Groups. For Windows 8 user, swipe the mouse cursor to the top right corner or lower right corner, then you can see the Search icon.

2. Expand Users folder and then you can have a look at all user account on your laptop.

3. Right click on the target user account you forgot its password and select Set Password option.

4. Click Proceed button to input a new password and confirm it.

5. Click OK button to save the changes made.

Lesson Learned: You can add more one spare administrator account on your laptop. You can leave its password blank in case you forgot its password as well for long time no log in.

Way 2: Reset Forgotten Laptop Password with Password Reset Disk

Essential: The password reset disk created before password forgotten.

Almost all Windows system support creating a password reset disk after creating a new user account and password for it. Its function is to reset password when you are locked out of your Windows. If you have one, do as the followings do and soon you will be enlightened.

1. When it prompted you that the username or password is wrong, try once again first and if you still get the prompt, click OK button.

2. Insert the Windows password reset disk you created before into your laptop and then click Reset password link under the password box.

3. In Password Reset Wizard window, click Next button to continue to select the inserted disk drive name from the pull-down list and then click Next button to go on again. 

4. Reset a new password for you laptop, confirm it and then click Next button to Finish laptop password reset.

If you have no idea of what the password reset disk is mentioned above, then I guess that you didn’t create a password reset disk when you create a password for your laptop user account. If now you have another accessible computer at hand, you can check Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety > User Accounts > Create a password reset disk.

Lesson Learned: Whenever create a password for a user account on your laptop, you can create a password reset disk in advance in case forgot laptop password again.

What if you didn’t meet the essentials in the above two ways? Is there any other effective way to reset forgotten password for your laptop? The follow way to be introduced will get you there.

Way Three: Reset Forgotten Laptop Password with Asunsoft Windows Password Geeker

Essential: Another accessible computer with Internet & a USB flash drive or CD/DVD disk & the full version of Windows Password Geeker

Asunsoft Windows Password Geeker is professional to reset Windows password. As long as you have another accessible computer to download the full version of the program and a USB flash drive or CD/DVD disk, it can help you reset forgotten laptop password under most situations.

1. Use another accessible computer to search and download the full version of Asunsoft Windows Password Geeker and then install it.

Why you have to download the full version is that the trial version only helps you experience and familiarize the program but it won’t take effect to reset any password.

2. Run the installed program and follow its on-screen steps to burn it into the USB flash drive or CD/DVD disk to create a password recovery disk.

3. Transfer the created password recovery disk into your locked laptop. Start or restart your laptop, press corresponding key it prompted to enter Boot Menu. Then select USB-Hard-Disk (Removable Devices) or CD/DVD-ROM Drive option to set laptop boot from USB flash drive or CD/DVD disk respectively.

Some Common Laptop Boot Menu Key for your reference:

Dell – F12

Acer – F12

HP – F9

Samsung – F12

Lenovo – F12

4. Select the target user account you forgot password, click Reset Password button to reset and then click Reboot button to restart your laptop to log in your laptop without password or with new password.

Lesson Learned: There are always ways to solve password forgetting problems. If you failed trying other ways, you can give this way a try. It can reset forgotten or lost password what other ways cannot.

How to Reset Windows 7 Password without Disk (2)

In my last article: How toReset Windows 7 Password without Disk (1), I have introduced some most easy and common methods to reset Windows 7 password if have no Windows password reset disk created before. And now in this How to Reset Windows 7 Password without Disk (2), let’s take a deeper look at it.

Method Three: Reset Windows 7 Password with Windows Installation Disk

What you need is a Windows installation CD/DVD. It could be a Windows 7/Vista/XP CD/DVD. Besides using an installation disk to install or reinstall Windows system, it can be used for many other purposes including password reset.

1. Boot Windows 7 computer from the installation disk.

Insert Windows installation CD/DVD into the locked Windows 7 computer and restart it. Press corresponding boot menu key prompted to enter Boot Menu and then select CD-ROM Drive option as the boot device to boot from.

2. Select your target language and click Repair your computer link.

3. Select Command Prompt option to open Command Prompt window.

4. Execute commands to backup sethc.exe file and replace it with cmd.exe file.

Backup the original sethc.exe file with the command: copy d:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\ and then press Enter key.

Replace sethc.exe file with cmd.exe file with the command: copy /y d:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe and then press Enter key.

5. Close the Command Prompt window, exit your installation disk and then reboot your Windows 7 computer.

6. When it comes to the login screen, press Shift key 5 times successively to open Command Prompt as administrator.

7. Reset Windows 7 password with cmd.exe command. Type in the command: net user User-name New-password and press Enter key to reset Windows 7 password. For instance, type net user Asunsoft 123456 if you want to reset the password to the user account Asunsoft to 123456.

8. Then you can log in your Windows 7 computer with the new password. After you log in, remember to restore your replaced sethc.exe file by redoing 1 and 2 to open Command Prompt window again and to replace cmd.exe back with sethc.exe. Or else, it may run certain errors.

Method Four: Reset Windows 7 Password with Ubuntu

Ubuntu, like other Linux operating system, allows you to make an Ubuntu Live CD with which to reset forgotten or lost Windows 7 password without Windows password reset disk created before.

1. Use another computer to download Ubuntu and install it.

2. Burn Ubuntu image file to a CD/DVD to make an Ubuntu Live CD.

3. Transfer the made Ubuntu Live CD to your locked Windows 7 computer, start or restart it. While it starting up, press corresponding key prompted to enter Boot Menu and select CD-ROM Drive option to boot from.

4. When the computer booted from the Ubuntu, you select “Try Ubuntu” option.

5. Click Places menu and then select hard drive for your Windows 7 to load the Windows 7 hard drive to Ubuntu.

6. Expand the folder Windows and then folder System32.

7. Locate the file named Utilman.exe file and rename it as Utilman1.exe.

8. Locate the file named cmd.exe file, right click on it and select Save a copy option and then rename it as Utilman.exe.

9. Now restart your Windows 7 computer.

10. Press Shift key 5 times to open Command Prompt window when it comes to the login screen.

11. In the Command Prompt window, type in the command: net user User-name New-Password to reset your Windows 7 password. For instance, type in the command: net user Asunsoft 123456 if you want to reset the password to the user account Asunsoft to 123456.

12. Now you have reset your Windows 7 password successfully and can login it without password.

There are other more ways to reset Windows 7 password without Windows password reset disk. Please add other ways you know to make it as complete as possible for our Windows 7 users.

How to Reset Windows 7 Password without Disk (1)

So far, Windows 7 is still estimated the Operating system owns the most users around the world. You must have been very familiar with Windows 7 system already, but I bet you may still be stunned when you know that there could be so various ways to reset Windows 7 password when without disk.

As well-known, password reset disk created from Control Panel is the easiest and most convenient way to reset Windows 7 password if users forgot their password, but unfortunately many users take it for granted. Now let’s suppose that you didn’t have created a password reset disk for your Windows 7, then how to reset Windows 7 password without disk? Here I make a list for you. Open your eyes and pick the one you interested.

Method 1: Reset Windows 7 Password via Accessible Administrator Account

If you forgot your Windows 7 password, but you can access to any administrator account, then so lucky you are. You can have the following options: 

Option 1 of 4: Reset Windows 7 Password from Control Panel 

1.      Log in to that accessible administrator account.

2.      Enter Control Panel by clicking Start button and then selecting Control Panel.

3.      Select User Accounts and Family Safety, then further User Accounts option.

4.      Choose Manage another account option on Make changes to your user account interface.

5.      Select the user account you are going to reset its password.

6.      Select Change the password or Remove the password option.

7.      Input and confirm the new password to reset the forgotten password or just click Remove Password button to remove forgotten password.

Option 2 of 4: Reset Windows 7 Password from Local Users and Groups 

1.      Login to that accessible administrator account. 

2.      Click Start button, input lusrmgr.msc in the search box and press Enter key to open Local Users and Groups window. 

3.      Expand Users folder and you will see all the user accounts on your computer.

4.      Right click on the target user account and select Set Password option. 

5.      Click Proceed button to input and confirm a new password. 

6.      Click OK to save all the changes.

Option 3 of 4: Reset Windows 7 Password from Command Prompt

1.      Login to that accessible administrator account.

2.      Click Start button, input Command Prompt and press Ctrl + Shift + Enter keys to open Command Prompt as administrator.

3.      Type the command: net user and press Enter key to list all the user accounts on your computer.

4.      Type the command: net user Username NewPassword and press Enter key. Replace Username with the target user account you want to reset its password and NewPassword with the new password you desire.

Option 4 of 4: Reset Windows 7 Password in Safe Mode

1.      Start or restart Windows 7 and press F8 before Windows starts to enter Advanced Options Menu.

2.      Select Safe Mode with Command Prompt option and press Enter key.

3.      When it comes to the login screen, you select the Administrator account to login whose password is blank by default if you didn’t change it.

4.      Now you are in Command Prompt window. Type the command: net user and press Enter to check all the user account on your computer.

5.      Type the command: net user Username NewPassword and press Enter to reset that username’s password. For instance, to reset the password of Asunsoft to 123456 by typing the command: net user Asunsoft 123456.

6.      Close the Command Prompt window and restart your Windows 7 computer when you see the prompt that the command completed successfully.

Method 2: Reset Windows 7 Password with Third-Party Tool

When there are no alternative and available administrator accounts on your Windows 7 computer or you are totally locked out of it, resorting to a third-party tool to reset Windows 7 password is a good choice.

Speaking of third-party tools, there are seas of both free and commercial Windows password recovery tools. Here I will only pick typical one respectively to illustrate. If you are interested, you can explore more by yourself later.

Option 1 of 2: Reset Windows 7 Password with Ophcrack

Ophcrack can be said the best free Windows password recovery tool. It works well on Windows 7/Vista/XP. It comes as iso file and proceeds password recovery automatically. What you have to do is to follow the instructions to do the preludes.

1.      Use another computer to free download the Ophcrack ISO image. Click Download Ophcrack LiveCD button. On the next page, select ophcrack Vista/7 LicveCD to download.

2.      Burn the downloaded Ophcrack ISO image file to an available CD/DVD to create a Windows 7 password recovery disk.

3.      Insert the CD/DVD into your Windows 7 computer and set it boot from the CD/DVD. Start or restart computer, press corresponding boot menu key as soon as possible to enter Boot Menu. When in Boot Menu, select CD/DVD-ROM option as the boot device.

4.      When the computer boots from the Ophcrack password recovery disk, Ophcrack will run automatically and locate and recover the password for all user accounts on your computer.

Note: Under the NT Pwd column

Blank means the password has not been recovered yet.

Empty means that you can log to that account without a password.

5.      When your Windows 7 password recovered successfully, remove the Ophcrack LiveCD disk, restart your computer and then you can log in to your Windows 7 computer again.

 

Tip: There are other highly-recommended free Windows password recovery tools.

Offiline Windows Password & Registry Editor

Option 2 of 2: Reset Windows 7 Password with Asunsoft Windows Password Geeker

To reset Windows 7 password, you can choose Asunsoft Windows Password Geeker (Person/Professional/Advanced) and Asunsoft Windows 7 Password Geeker. Compared with Ophcrack, it is safer, easier and has higher effective rate.

1.      Use another computer to download Asunsoft Windows Password Geeker (Person/Professional/Advanced) or Windows 7 Password Geeker and install it.

2.      Insert a USB flash drive or CD/DVD disk, run the software and follow on-screen instructions to burn it into the USB flash drive or CD/DVD disk.

3.      Transfer the burned USB or CD/DVD disk into your locked Windows 7 computer. Start or restart it, press corresponding boot menu key to enter Boot Menu and select Removable Devices or CD/DVD-ROM option to set it boot from USB flash drive or CD/DVD disk.

4.      The Asunsoft Windows Password Geeker runs automatically when computer booted from the disk. You select the target user account and click Reset Password button to reset its password to Blank.

5.      After the password has been reset to Blank, you click Reboot button. Reject your USB flash drive or CD/DVD disk and restart your computer. Then you can log in your Windows 7 without a password.

Tip: There are other highly-recommended effective Windows password recovery tools.

Now here in this article, I have listed two most easy and most common way to reset forgotten or lost Windows 7 password when without Windows password reset disk. In the next article, I will introduce several effective methods but may not that well-known to you. To be continued.Look forward to my How to Reset Windows 7 Password without Disk (2).