How to Reset Administrator Password in Windows 8


Windows 8 RC has been released. It is human nature to forget about things. What you will do if you forget your Windows 8 password and can’t log in to the system anymore. Don't worry, no need to format your computer any more.

It will be much easier to reset your password if you are using a Microsoft Administrator Account to log in. The process to get your password reset requires you to download Offline NT Password & Registry Editor which is available as an ISO image that you can burn to CD or DVD, and a file that you can install on an USB Flash Drive. (Detailed instruction to make bootable is available in iso file itself).


After making a bootable cd or flash drive, boot and after booting you will see a DOS like window. Here you are required to enter some commands that will help you to restore the user account. The steps you need to follow are:


• First screen, press enter to continue
• Select the hard drive on which your Windows installation is installed. This may take some time depending on the number of partitions on the PC as it is using the “Linux-way” of listing the hard drives.
• You then need to enter the path to the Registry. I’d recommend to tap on enter to try the default path first which usually is detected correctly by the program.
• Press q
• Select the Password Reset option (1)
• Enter Administrator as the user account that you want to modify.
• Select the unlock and enable user account option (4)
• Use ! and q to end the editing and save the values
Now restart your PC using the operating system’s drive again. After booting you will find that the administrator account is listed on the sign in page. Select it and access your computer. Now you can change other account passwords or run administrative tasks to restore access to the PC.

Note : You can reset any account password using Offline NT Password & Registry Editor. Through Offline NT Password & Registry Editor you can break the password of all windows NT operating system.

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