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Reset Forgotten Panasonic Toughpad Windows 8 Tablet Password

June 26th, 2014 by Admin

Can’t log into your Panasonic Toughpad Windows 8 tablet because you’ve forgotten the password? All your need is to create a PCUnlocker bootable USB drive with UEFI support, then boot your Panasonic Toughpad tablet from USB and it enables you to reset lost Windows 8 password quickly! This method works with Toughpad FZ-G1, Toughpad FZ-M1 and Toughpad 4K tablets.

How to Reset Forgotten Panasonic Toughpad Windows 8 Tablet Password?

  1. Download the PCUnlocker Enterprise and save it on an alternate PC. Extract the pcunlocker.iso file from the downloaded .zip archive.
  2. Burn the ISO image file to your USB flash drive using the freeware ISO2Disc or Rufus. Make sure you choose the “GPT” or “GPT partition scheme for UEFI computer” option while burning the USB drive.

  3. Once your USB drive has finished burning, insert it into the USB port of your Panasonic Toughpad tablet.
  4. Turn on the tablet while touching top left of the screen to enter the BIOS Setup Utility.
  5. Touch [Exit], then double-touch your USB drive in [Boot Override]. Double-touch [Yes], the computer will restart and then boot from your USB drive.
  6. The computer temporarily loads the Windows 8 PE OS from the USB drive. When it’s done, the PCUnlocker application will start and display a list of Windows 8 accounts detected from your Windows 8 SAM registry hive.

  7. Select your administrator account and click on “Reset Password” button. It will reset your forgotten Windows 8 tablet password quickly! Restart the computer and you can then log into your Panasonic Toughpad Windows 8 tablet without a password!

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How to Unlock Lenovo Miix Tablet If You Forgot Windows 8 Password

June 11th, 2014 by Admin

Locked out of Lenovo Miix tablet because your Windows 8 admin password is lost? How can you change or reset it without needing to reinstall it? The tablet is locked and you can not go thorough it. Hence you can not install any software to unlock it. As you already know you can just reset your tablet to factory. I think you don’t want to lost all your data for a simple password. Then you should realize we need to do something before Windows boot up the system. Most of these methods use a Live CD to crack the password.

Both Lenovo Miix 2 and IdeaTab Miix10 are using pure UEFI (32-bit) instead of traditional BIOS. Miix tablet only supports UEFI boot, does not support legacy boot. To reset the password you have to use a Windows password recovery tool that supports UEFI booting. PCUnlocker Enterprise is the right one that you’re looking for. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to use it to reset your forgotten Windows 8 password on Lenovo Miix tablet.

How to Unlock Lenovo Miix Tablet If You Forgot Windows 8 Password?

Use an alternate PC to download the bootable ISO image of PCUnlocker Enterprise and extract it. Burn the pcunlocker.iso file to your USB flash drive with the freeware ISO2Disc. Remember that you choose the GPT partition style. This will create a PCUnlocker Live USB drive with UEFI bootloader.

Plug the USB drive into your Lenovo Miix tablet. When the tablet is off, press and hold the volume up button and then press the Power button, until the Novo Button Menu appears on the screen. Choose the Boot Menu option, and then select your USB flash drive and press Enter.

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Once it boots to the PCUnlocker program, select your Windows account and click on Reset Password button to remove your forgotten password. If you use a Microsoft account as your tablet login, there should be a local account that is linked to your Microsoft account. Choose that local account to proceed and this will also unlock your Microsoft account password locally.

Restart your tablet and remove the USB drive. You can then log back into your Lenovo Miix Windows 8 tablet without a password! This method works with all Windows 8 tablets of Lenovo Miix series.

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How to Reset Forgotten Password on ThinkPad Windows 8 Tablet

July 15th, 2013 by Admin

Did you lock yourself out of your ThinkPad 10 tablet? Forgot your Windows 8 or 8.1 user password? It’s clearly an issue all of us have experienced at some point in time with varying degrees of importance and frustration. In this article we’ll provide an easy way to reset forgotten password on ThinkPad Windows 8 tablet. This method works with ThinkPad 2 and ThinkPad 10 tablets.

First of all, you need to create a bootable PCUnlocker USB drive on another PC you have access to. Boot your ThinkPad tablet from the USB drive and it enables you to reset forgotten Windows 8 admin/user password easily. Here are step-by-step instructions.

Note: PCUnlocker Enterprise supports both 32-bit UEFI and 64-bit UEFI. If your tablet comes with Windows 8/8.1 32-bit preinstalled, make sure you use the 32-bit distribution of PCUnlocker Enterprise. Otherwise you need to use 64-bit distribution instead.

How to Reset Forgotten Password on ThinkPad Windows 8 Tablet?

  1. Download the zipped ISO image of PCUnlocker Enterprise program. After you’ve downloaded it, double-click the download file and your system will display all files inside the zip archive. Drag the pcunlocker.iso from there and save it on your desktop.
  2. Install ISO2Disc program and launch it. Click on Browse button to locate the ISO image you’ve downloaded, then choose the USB flash drive you’ve plugged in, select the GPT (required for UEFI boot) partition style. Click on Start Burn to create a bootable PCUnlocker USB drive.

  3. Plug the USB drive to your ThinkPad Windows 8 tablet PC. When you turn on the tablet, press the power button together with the volume up button at the same time to enter the ThinkPad Setup program.
  4. Once into the BIOS screen, select Startup. then Boot. Move your attached USB drive to the top of the bootable device list.

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  5. Switch to the Security tab, disable the Secure Boot option. Press F10 to save your changes and then reboot.

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  6. After booting from USB drive, it will start the WinPE operating system inside the USB drive and eventually open up the PCUnlocker program. PCUnlocker automatically searches your Windows 8 installation and displays a list of Windows 8 user accounts on your ThinkPad tablet.

  7. Choose a user account and click on Reset Password button. The program will reset your forgotten Windows 8 password immediately. Restart the tablet and remove the USB drive. You can then log into your ThinkPad Windows 8 tablet without a password!

Forgot your ThinkPad Windows 8 tablet password? It’s so easy to reset it using PCUnlocker boot USB drive. No need to restore your ThinkPad tablet to factory settings.

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How to Reset Lost Windows 8 Password on Acer Iconia Tablet

July 14th, 2013 by Admin

Forgot Windows 8 password of your Acer Iconia tablet? You can restore the tablet to factory settings but all stored contacts and any programs you’ve installed will be erased. Obviously, this is not what you’re looking for. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to reset lost Windows 8 password on Acer Iconia tablet without data loss. This method works with Acer Iconia W4/W3, W700, W510.

How to Reset Lost Windows 8 Password on Acer Iconia Tablet?

This method requires you to create a bootable PCUnlocker USB drive which contains Windows password resetting utility. Just boot your Acer Iconia tablet from the USB drive and you can reset lost Windows 8 password easily. Here are step-by-step instructions:

  1. Because Acer Iconia tablet uses 32-bit UEFI firmware, you need to download the Enterprise edition of PCUnlocker with 32-bit UEFI support. This can be done from any other PC (except the Acer Iconia tablet whose password you have forgotten).
  2. Unzip the downloaded file and you’ll get a bootable ISO image file: pcunlocker.iso. Simply burn it to a USB flash drive using ISO2Disc, but remember to choose the GPT partition style.

  3. Use a Micro USB to USB adapter to connect the USB flash drive to your Acer Iconia tablet. Shutdown your tablet. Hold down power button and then hold down volum up button (or press F2 key if external keyboard existed). When Acer screen appear release all buttons.
  4. When the UEFI Setup Utility appears, select the Boot tab in the left panel. Under the Boot priority order section, move USB HDD to the number one position using the provided instructions. Save your changes and exit BIOS.

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  5. The computer will automatically boot into PCUnlocker program from the USB drive. By default, the program will search your Windows 8 registry files and display a list of local user accounts existing on your Acer Iconia tablet.

  6. Simply choose a user account and click on “Reset Password” button. The program will reset your lost Windows 8 password immediately.
  7. Unplug the USB drive from the tablet and restart the machine, you can then log back into Windows 8 system without a password.

Using this method you can reset lost Windows 8 password for both local user account or Microsoft account on Acer Iconia tablet. It can be a life saver in case you forgot the login password. No need to send your tablet to Acer for service.

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How to Reset Forgotten Windows 8 Password on Dell Latitude Tablet

June 24th, 2013 by Admin

I am using a Latitude 10 tablet with the Dell factory release of Windows 8 pre-installed. I have forgotten the administrator password and don’t have a password reset disk. Is there a way to delete/reset the password so I can get into my computer?

Forgot Windows 8 password on your Dell Latitude tablet? How to reset lost Windows 8 password without performing a factory reset? Windows is getting more secure with every release but unfortunately a new feature of UEFI Secure Boot makes old password cracking methods to common problems obsolete. So here I’m going to walk you through how to reset forgotten Windows 8 password on Dell Latitude tablet.

How to Reset Forgotten Windows 8 Password on Dell Latitude Tablet?

Download the zipped ISO image of PCUnlocker on another PC you can access. Unzip the download file and burn the ISO image on a USB flash drive using ISO2Disc program.

After you have created a PCUnlocker Live USB drive, connect it to your Dell Latitude tablet which requires a password reset. Turn on the tablet PC and hit F2 from keyboard dock or volume- rocker at startup. In the BIOS, navigate to the System Configuration > USB Configuration and enable the Boot Support option, then go to Secure Boot > Secure Boot and disable the Secure Boot option. Apply settings and Exit.

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Hit F2 from keyboard dock or hold down volume+ rocker at power-on. Choose your PCUnlocker Live USB drive and press Enter. Your tablet will load the WinPE operating system from your USB drive. After a while, you’ll see the PCUnlcoker program. The program displays a list of Windows 8 user accounts existing in your Dell Latitude tablet.

Choose a user account and click on Reset Password button. The program will reset your lost Windows 8 password and also unlock/enable your user account when it’s necessary. Now click on Restart button to reboot the computer and remove the PCUnlocker Live USB drive.

After booting to the Windows 8 login screen, just leave the password box empty and you can log back into your Windows 8 user account immediately. It’s so easy to reset a forgotten Windows 8 password on Dell Latitude tablet PC.

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