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Lost Windows 8 or 7 Password on ASUS Zenbook

September 24th, 2014 by Admin

Just bought a new Asus Zenbook which came preloaded with Windows 8 but you’ve lost the password? A forgotten password is no need for panic. As long as you have a password removal utility, you can get back into Windows 8 or Windows 7 Ultrabook in minutes. PCUnlocker is one of the best recovery tools that can help you get rid of forgotten Windows 8 or 7 password with ease. The following is a walkthrough of using a CD to reset Windows 8/7 admin password on ASUS Zenbook Prime UX31A.

First of all, you need to make a PCUnlocker Live CD using a secondary computer, not your locked PC. Download the ISO image of PCUnlocker and burn it onto a blank CD with your CD burning program. If you don’t have one, try the freeware ISO2Disc or ImgBurn.

Once you’ve created a PCUnlocker Live CD, put it in the CD drive of your locked ASUS Zenbook laptop. Power on the machine and repeatedly press F2 key to enter the BIOS Setup. Go to the Security tab and disable the Secure Boot Control option. Navigate to the Boot tab, disable Fast Boot and enable Launch CSM. Press F10 to save and exit.

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Press and hold ESC key to launch Boot Menu when the computer restarts. Select the CD drive from the list and press Enter to boot from it. After a while, the PCUnlocker program will launch and it shows you a list of local accounts for your Windows 8/7 installation.

Select the administrator account and click on Reset Password button. This will unlock / remove your ASUS Zenbook login password immediately. Take out the CD and reboot, you can then get back into your Windows 8/7 system without entering a password!

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After enabling the CSM (Compatibility Support Module) on your ASUS Zenbook, the UEFI firmware will run as an emulated legacy BIOS. If you need to create a UEFI compatible CD, you need to use the Enterprise edition of PCUnlocker which can boot in UEFI mode, without requiring you to enable CSM support.

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How to Bypass Windows 8 Password on ASUS VivoTab Smart Tablet

September 22nd, 2014 by Admin

Forgot Windows 8 password and can’t get into your ASUS VivoTab Smart tablet? You don’t have to trash the computer, or even perform a dreaded factory restore. Here’s how you can bypass Windows 8 password on ASUS VivoTab Smart tablet, without losing any file or data.

How to Bypass Windows 8 Password on ASUS VivoTab Smart Tablet?

Before getting started, you need to find a password recovery utility that supports UEFI booting, because ASUS VivoTab Smart uses 32-bit UEFI firmware instead of legacy BIOS. Here we’ll use the Enterprise edition of PCUnlocker, which works with 32-bit/64-bit UEFI-based computers.

Use a secondary PC to download the full version of PCUnlocker Enterprise (trial version). Unzip the downloaded file and you’ll get a CD image called pcunlocker.iso, which needs to be burned onto a USB flash drive (or CD) with the ISO2Disc program. Remember to choose the GPT (required for UEFI boot) option.

After you’ve created a PCUnlocker USB drive, use a Micro USB adapter to connect it to your ASUS VivoTab Smart tablet. If your tablet is running, you must turn off the tablet.

While pressing the Power button, hold the volume down button until you get to the Boot Device Menu screen. From there select Enter Setup. In the BIOS Setup, select the Security tab, disable Secure Boot and Default Key Provisioning.

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Navigate to the Boot tab. Under the Boot Option Priorities section, set your USB flash drive as the first boot option. Save your changes and exit BIOS.

The tablet will restart and boot from your created USB drive. After a while, you’ll get to the PCUnlocker program which automatically locates all Windows accounts on your tablet. Choose an account and click on Reset Password. It will bypass / remove your forgotten password in no time.

Now you’ve successfully bypassed Windows 8 password on your ASUS VivoTab Smart tablet. Disconnect the USB drive and you can then boot into Windows 8 without entering a password!

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How to Unlock ASUS VivoBook Windows 8 Password

June 4th, 2014 by Admin

Forgot Windows 8 password to your ASUS VivoBook? How to bypass Windows login password without resetting your laptop to factory settings? ASUS VivoBook comes with UEFI which will prevent you from booting any boot media without UEFI bootloader. In this article I’ll show you how to enable Legacy/CSM boot support in ASUS VivoBook and then unlock your forgotten Windows 8 password with a USB drive.

How to Unlock ASUS VivoBook Windows 8 Password?

First of all, you need to make a USB boot media using an alternate PC. Download the PCUnlocker program and save it to your desktop. The downloaded file is a self-extracting .zip file which contains a WinPE ISO image (pcunlocker.iso). Extract the ISO image and burn it to a USB flash drive using ISO2Disc or Rufus program.

Plug the USB boot media in your ASUS VivoBook. Power on the machine and press F2 key to enter the BIOS Setup. To enable legacy/CSM boot support, enable “Launch CSM” under the Boot tab.

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Switch to the Security tab and set “Secure Boot Control” to Disabled. Press F10 to save your changes and exit BIOS.

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When the laptop restarts, press ESC key to launch the boot menu. When you get the boot options, choose the USB drive as we want to reset Windows 8 password offline. After a while, the PCUnlocker program will launch and it displays all your Windows 8 user accounts.

Choose a user account and click on “Reset Password” button, it will unlock / reset your forgotten password instantly. Last but not least, disconnect your USB drive and restart your computer. Enter into the BIOS setup again and disable the “Launch CSM” option which you enabled in the step above. You can then sign into Windows 8 without a password! This is how can you unlock ASUS VivoBook easily!

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How to Reset Lost Windows 8 Password for UEFI-based ASUS Computer

June 7th, 2013 by Admin

My grandfather just bought an ASUS notebook PC with Windows 8 and set a password for the administrator account. However, he is up in age and forgot his password soon (did not write it down). Now he is trying to log in but of course it’s locked. How to unlock or reset a forgotten Windows 8 password on an ASUS laptop?

Forgot Windows 8 password and can’t log on your ASUS computer? How to unlock the administrator account without resetting your ASUS PC to factory settings? There are lots of bootable utilities which can help you reset Windows login password from a bootable CD, but most of them don’t support Windows 8 and they are also incompatible with UEFI BIOS.

If you’ve bought an ASUS computer with Windows 8 pre-installed, you’ll find that you can’t get it to boot from a Live CD as usual. That is because most of Windows 8 PCs use a new UEFI BIOS rather than the traditional BIOS, and you need to enable the Legacy BIOS support in BIOS. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to easily reset lost Windows 8 password for UEFI-based ASUS computer.

How to Reset Lost Windows 8 Password for UEFI-based ASUS Computer?

First of all, you need to create a Live CD (or USB flash drive) on another PC that you can access. Download the ZIP archive of Reset Windows Password utility and save it on your desktop. Open the ZIP file and extract it to a folder on your desktop. Within that folder, you’ll find a file called ResetWindowsPwd.iso. Burn the ISO image onto an empty CD using ISO2Disc, BurnCDCC or other ISO burning software.

Place the Live CD into the CD drive of your locked Windows 8 ASUS computer. Now we need to make some changes with the computer in order to get it to boot from the Live CD. Power off the computer. As soon as the ASUS logo appears, immediately press F2 key to enter the BIOS. Use the arrow key to select Boot tab and enable the Launch CSM option and disable the Fast Boot option.

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Switch to the Security tab and disable the Secure Boot Control option. Save your changes and exit.

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Turn off your computer and power it on again. Quickly press ESC key to access the Boot Menu. This time the Live CD will show up in the Boot Menu. Choose your Live CD and press Enter. If you can’t bring up the Boot Menu, you can also press F2 key to enter into BIOS and set CD/DVD-ROM as the first boot option.

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After successfully booting from the Live CD, the computer will open up the Reset Windows Password program after a few minutes. The program automatically searches the Windows SAM registry hive for your Windows 8 installation, and then display all of local user accounts on your ASUS PC.

Choose a user account and then click on “Reset Password” button. It will reset your forgotten Windows 8 password instantly.

Restart the computer and take out the Live CD from the CD drive. Remember to reset your BIOS settings to their factory defaults, otherwise Windows 8 will fail to boot. When the ASUS computer boots into the Windows 8 login screen, you can then log in to your user account with a blank/empty password!

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