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Reset Windows 8 password by other logon ways.

Reset Windows 8 password by other logon ways.

Way 1: Logon with another administrator account.
If you have another available administrator account, you can sign in to your Windows 8 with this account and reset that password you have forgotten.
Way 2: Logon with PIN code.
If you have created a PIN code for your account, then there will be two sign-in options on the sign-in screen, one is Password and another is PIN. Select the PIN option and enter the PIN code to sign in to the account.
Sign-in Options
Then reset your password by Command Prompt.
Step 1: Press Win + X and select Command Prompt (Admin). And click on Yes on the User Account Control dialog.
Command Prompt(Admin)
Step 2: On the Command Prompt dialog, type command net user . Then hit Enter key. When it displays the message saying “The command completed successfully”, you have successfully reset your password.
Execute Net User command
Note: If you can’t remember the name of your user account, type the command net user and hit Enter. Then all user accounts in your Windows 8 will be listed.

Solution 2: Reset Windows 8 password with Windows 8 setup disk.

When forgot your Windows 8 password having no reset disk but you have an available Windows 8 setup disk (installation disk), that's great. Just boot your computer from this disk to reset your Windows 8 password.
Step 1: Boot your computer from Windows 8 setup disk.
1. Insert Windows 8 setup disc or flash drive into your computer.
2. Start or restart your computer. Enter its BIOS setup utility. And set it to boot from the disk.
Step 2: Open Command Prompt.
1. After your computer boots up. Click or tap Next on the Windows Setup window.
Windows setup
2. Click or tap Repair your computer.
Repair your computer
3. Select Troubleshoot option. On the next Troubleshoot screen, select Advanced options. Then on the Advanced options screen, select Command Prompt. Then the command prompt window opens.
Troubleshoot option
Step 3: Overwrite file.
Overwrite file
1. On the command prompt window, type copy c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe c:\ and hit Enter.
2. Type copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe and hit Enter. Type Yes and hit Enter to agree to overwrite the file.
Step 4: Reset Windows 8 password.
1. Now, take out the setup disk, and reboot your computer.
2. When getting to the login screen. Click or tap the Ease of Access icon at the bottom-left corner of the screen. The Command Prompt window immediately opens.
open command prompt
3. Type Net User  and hit Enter.
Then you will successfully reset your Windows 8 password to a new one.
4. Now, you need to reboot your computer from the Windows 8 setup disk again and similarly open Command Prompt and execute the command copy c:\utilman.exe c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe.
Now, everything is ok, exit the Windows 8 setup disk and restart your computer. You can log on with your new password.
Forgot Windows 8 password having no reset disk or Windows 8 setup disk (installation disk)? And that’s fine. Please refer to solution 3.

Solution 3: Reset Windows 8 password with special tool.

If the two ways above don’t work for you, then the special Windows password recovery tool - Windows Password Refixer should be the best choice to quickly reset Windows 8 password without losing any data.
Step 1: Get Windows Password Refixer.
Download and install Windows Password Refixer on another accessible computer.
NB: download from a reliable source
Step 2: Create a password reset disk.
1. Insert a USB disk or CD/DVD flash drive into that accessible computer.
2. Launch the Windows Password Refixer. Select USB device or CD/DVD flash drive depending on the drive you inserted.
Choose media type
3. Note the drive letter and click Begin burning. Then click on Yes to format your drive.
Note flash drive name and click Begin burning
When Burning Successfully, you have successfully created a password reset disk.
Step 3: Boot locked computer from the reset disk.
1. Insert the USB or CD/DVD drive into your password forgotten Windows 8 computer.
2. Start or restart your locked Windows 8 computer. Enter its BIOS setup utility.
3. Set it to boot from the USB drive or CD/DVD drive. See How to boot your computer from USB drive.

Step 4: Reset Windows 8 password.

After your computer boots up, you will notice it’s loading Windows PE and then displays Windows Password Refixer screen.
Select Windows 8 user and click on Reset Password
1. Select the Windows 8 system running on your computer.
2. Select the password forgotten account.
3. Click Reset Password.
Your administrator password will be reset to blank. Then click Reboot and take out the reset disk, your Windows 8 will start normally and you can log in as the administrator account without password.

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