In this post, you can know about I Forgot My Laptop Password On Windows 8 – What Should I Do?. Actually, the methods for resetting forgotten laptop password are becoming more and more easy, especially for Windows 8 operational system.

And now even though all these methods couldn’t work for you, another effective way is always available for you. Reset laptop Windows 8 forgotten password with software – Windows Password Genius Advanced version. Not only remove Windows forgotten password for Windows accounts, but also add new accounts for locked Windows 8 laptop. Besides, it would be worth to mention that, both local administrator or Microsoft account password could be reset with this method.

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Step 1: Prepare Windows Password Genius Advanced

Download Windows Password Genius Advanced and install it on your accessible computer. This is a trial one. If you want to experience all of its functions, take its full version.

Step 2: Create Windows 8 password reset disk with USB drive or CD/DVD ROM

• Insert USB or CD/DVD into computer, when software operation screen appears, choose USB device or CD/DVD as reset disk burning media.

• Select detailed USB device or CD/DVD, and click Begin burning.

• Burning successfully message pops up, which represents that, password reset disk has been created. And from now on, you can use it to reset Windows forgotten password for all computers installed with Windows operational systems. Now we get it to reset Windows 8 laptop forgotten password.

Step 3: Boot your locked laptop from USB device or CD/DVD

• Insert boot device with password reset disk, and set your laptop to boot from USB device or set your laptop to boot from CD/DVD ROM.
• Save these Boot settings and restart the laptop.

Step 4: Reset Windows 8 password or add account for laptop

When password reset window appears, make sure your laptop Windows system Windows 8/8.1 to select a Windows option, and select a user (local user or Microsoft account) to Reset Password. Or click Add User button to create a new admin account for Windows 8 laptop.

Step 5: Reboot laptop and access Windows 8 normally with local user or Microsoft account

So far, believe you have discovered the key to reset Windows 8 password with isunshare software is password reset disk. So why not take password reset disk to reset forgotten laptop password when you have created it before you are locked out of laptop.

Reset forgotten laptop Windows 8 password with reset disk

• On Windows 8 logon screen, after you type in incorrect password, there will be a message told you that the password is wrong. Click OK and you will see the following screen.

• Click Reset password and Password Reset Wizard window pops up. Click Next and insert password reset disk into laptop.

• Choose drive that saves password reset key from the drop-down box. Click Next to go on.

• Click Next and type new password for user account. And then click Next and Finish Windows 8 laptop password reset.

Forgot Windows 8 laptop password – Retrieve it by Password hint

Before starting to reset password on your Windows 8 laptop, firstly you can try to remember your forgotten password by Password hint if you ever created it. After you type a wrong password on the login screen to sign in to your account, Windows 8 will display a message saying “The password is incorrect. Try again.” You click OK under the message, and then you can be back to the login screen. The Password hint will display under the Password field. You certainly can remember your password by the Password hint.

If you didn’t create a password hint or still can’t think of your forgotten password even by the password hint, following, you can start password reset on your Windows 8 laptop.

Forgot password on Windows 8 laptop – Reset password with another admin account

Actually, there are few users will create more than one administrator account on their personal laptops. If you ever did create another admin account on your Windows 8 laptop and the admin account is still accessible, that’s so great. Now, you can sign in to that accessible admin account. Right-click Computer and select Manage to open a Computer Management window. Then expand System Tools ≥ Local Users and Groups. Then click User’s folder. Then right-click the account whose password you forgot and select Set Password to reset its password.

Use software to remove forgotten password on Windows 8 laptop

When the above methods can’t help you unlock your Windows 8 laptop, Windows password reset software should be your best choice to remove password on your Windows 8 laptop. There are much software provided on the internet, but the operations are too complex. So here I recommend this effective and easy-to-use software – “iSumsoft Windows Password Refixer”.

You just need to use this software to create a password reset disk on another computer. Then use this disk to remove forgotten password on your Windows 8 laptop.

Step 1: Burn Windows Password Refixer into flash drive on another computer

Download and install Windows Password Refixer on another accessible computer. Then launch the software and follow its guide to burn it into a USB or CD/DVD flash drive to get a password reset disk.

Step 2: Reset password on your Windows 8 laptop

Boot your laptop from the burned USB or CD/DVD and then Windows Password Refixer screen will display. On the screen, you can reset your Windows 8 password.

This software will remove your forgotten password on your Windows 8 laptop. After that, your laptop gets unlocked, and you can sign in to your account without being asked for a password.