If you’ve read my blog article entitled
“How
to recover your Laptop or PC's Password if you accidentally lost your Windows
Password - Password Backdoor hack for Hard-Drive Password in case yours got
locked” you’ld have realized that albeit the Hard-drive passwords software listed below works on
any locked Hard-drive
what runs on Windows XP/7, the Software listed doesn’t work on Windows 8
Laptops. The software tools that I use are:
1.
Ophcrack
This I
discovered the hard way while unlocking a client's machine at MICO Community College, only to realize
that my usual slew of Software as listed doesn’t work on Windows 8. Thus I had
to draw for a Cheese Patty and Orange Juice for some inspiration while I helped
out the Miconian student with her problem.
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As Far as I’m concerned, this is more reason to love Windows 7 and may
explain why HP (Hewlett Packard) brought back the Windows 7 Laptop for a
limited run as noted in “HP
SAYS WINDOWS 7 IS ‘BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND,’ GIVES WINDOWS 8 THE BACK SEAT”,
published January 20, 2014 By Konrad Krawczyk, DigitalTrends and “HP
resurrects Windows 7 PCs 'by popular demand'”, published January 20, 2014
10:00 AM PST by Steven Musil by Steven Musil, CNET
News. Still, Windows 8 is faster and zippier; it just takes a little
getting used-to.
I ended up having to scrub and reinstall Windows 8, for which I have a
full unlocked version of Windows 8.1 handy for such an occasion. By the way,
MICO has some great Architecture. Take a gander at this slideshow of pictures
from MICO!
Software Methods are easiest –
Proprietary software so back out your Credit Card
So what to do next time around? Why, find another piece of software to
add to my arsenal of course, as this is bound to happen again, as so many
Windows 8 Machines are in the field. In this case the software in question I’ve
begun using is Windows
Password Key 8.0, which like the software listed above, is bootable from the
CD/DVD ROM Drive. The procedure is clearly laid out in this video.
The procedure to unlock your Windows 8 Computer is as follows:
1.
Download Windows
Password Key 8.0
2.
Install Windows
Password Key 8.0 on an accessible PC.
3.
Insert a blank CD/DVD/USB on computer that Windows
Password Key 8.0 is installed
4.
Start Windows
Password Key 8.0
5.
Burn a bootable copy of Windows
Password Key 8.0 as shown below
6.
Boot the locked PC from the burned copy of Windows
Password Key 8.0
7.
Reset your Windows 8 password under Windows
Password Key 8.0
8.
Click "Reboot" to restart Win 8 PC
9.
Login to Windows 8 without password.
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The pictures below give screenshots for the various steps.
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Windows
8 Password Key costs US$19.95 cents and based on the number of Calls I get
to recover Windows 8 passwords, this is an investment that's well worth it. There
is also Alternative software that works and is installed similarly; that
software is Windows Password
Recovery Tool 3.0.
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Again, this is proprietary software that you purchase and download,
install on a working computer and use to make a bootable Recovery disc. This
quick video should be very enlightening as it shows you what you get for US$17.95,
just US$2 cheaper than Windows
8 Password Key, but again well worth it!
Once you reboot the computer that has the Windows 8 password locked,
you'll see the following screen with a list of the various accounts on the
computer. Check the Remove password box and click Next to have the software
remove that password. Then Reboot the computer and you're back in business!
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Non-software unlocking methods –
Safe Mode for risky unlocking of Windows 8
A little less known method is the Safe Mode method as described in “How to Unlock Windows 8 Password with or without Software?”, published Tuesday,
June 18, 2013, Windows
8 Password Recovery. This as it basically involves logging into the
computer in Safe mode and simply resetting the Password for the various accounts
on the computer. There is, however, the potential for Data Loss so I’m
apprehensive about trying these methods. Follow the following procedure at your
own risk:
1.
Press F8
while starting Windows 8 computer until you see the boot menu.
2.
Select Safe
Mode option and press the Enter key
3.
Click on Administrator
when a login box appears in the username box.
4.
Leave the password field as blank
5.
Click on OK
to login.
6.
Open Control
Panel
7.
Go to User
Accounts
8.
Reset any user password manually to blank
9.
Reboot the computer in regular mode
That’s It! Easy as pie and you didn’t even have to finish the Cheese
Patty and Orange Juice! Windows 8 unlocked! Here’s the link to the Software in
question.
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