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Remove Forgotten Windows 8 Password on Samsung ATIV PC

March 5th, 2014 by Admin

samsung-ativ-password Forgot Windows 8 password for your Samsung ATIV tablet? Just set up the administrator account on a newly purchased laptop but you couldn’t remember the password now? Well, there is an easy way to remove Windows 8 password without knowing the original one. Just boot PCUnlocker Live CD on the Windows 8 PC that needed the password reset on. After you have booted into PCUnlocker, you can reset Windows 8 passwords for your local or Microsoft account easily.

How to Remove Forgotten Windows 8 Password on Samsung ATIV PC?

1) First of all, you need to make a PCUnlocker Live CD using an alternate PC with Internet connection. Download the ISO image of PCUnlocker and burn it to a CD using your preferred CD/DVD burning tool. If you don’t have one, ISO2Disc is a good option which allows you to make a bootable CD or USB drive from an ISO image.

2) Now you can use the CD to remove Windows 8 password on your Samsung ATIV computer. To get the machine to boot from the CD, you need to change the boot order and disable UEFI mode in BIOS. Insert the CD into the disc drive and turn on the computer. As soon as you see the BIOS splash screen, keep pressing the F2 key about once per second until you enter into BIOS Setup.

3) Navigate to the Boot tab, disable the Secure Boot option. If OS Mode Selection is set to UEFI OS, you need to change it to UEFI and CSM OS or CSM OS. Next enter into the Boot Device Priority option and change the boot order, So that the machine will attempt to boot from CD/DVD first, before the hard drive. Save your changes and exit BIOS Setup.

4) This time your computer will automatically boot from the CD you’ve just burned. Just after one or two minutes, the PCUnlocker program will start and it shows you a list of local accounts for your Windows 8 installation. Choose a user account and click on Reset Password button. It will remove / unlock your forgotten Windows 8 password. If you try to reset password for the local account associated with your Microsoft account, the program will assign a new password which could be later used to sign in your Windows 8 Microsoft account.

5) The next step is remove the CD and restart the computer. When you come to the Windows 8 login screen, you can log on with your local or Microsoft account.

Conclusion

Follow the steps above you should be able to remove Samsung Windows 8 password on your own. If your computer doesn’t support Legacy BIOS and it runs only under native UEFI mode, please use the Enterprise edition of PCUnlocker, which can boot both UEFI mode and Legacy mode.

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Windows Password Remover

September 11th, 2012 by Admin

What if you forget the password of your Windows or you need to remove Windows password for other purpose? Just got a Windows password remover utility, a professional Windows password recovery software to remove lost Windows administrator and user passwords easily. No need to reinstall Windows.

There are many ways of removing forgotten Windows password out there, but most of them are so painful and ineffective, or too technical for most computer users to follow. Here I’ll show you the simplest and effective way to help you remove Windows password on any Windows system, including Windows 8/7/Vista/XP/2008/2003/2000. Reset Windows Password utility is the Windows password remover tool we’ll use to create a bootable CD/USB for password removal. Let’s see the detail instructions.

How to Remover Windows Password with Windows Password Remover Utility?

To get started, you need to find another computer to create a Windows password removal CD or USB drive, then you can use the CD or USB drive to boot the computer whose password you want to remove.

Download the Reset Windows Password utility. Unzip the download file, you’ll see the ISO image file: ResetWindowsPwd.iso.
Burn that ISO image to a blank CD or DVD using whatever burning software you prefer, such as BurnCDCC. If your computer doesn’t come with a CD/DVD recorder, you can burn the ISO image to a USB flash drive with ISO2Disc.
Insert the CD or USB drive you’ve just created into the computer whose password you’re going to remove. Set the computer to boot from the CD or USB drive.
When the computer is configured correctly, it will load the operating system inside the CD or USB drive, and launch the Reset Windows Password utility.
From the screen of Reset Windows Password utility, you can see the Windows SAM registry hives detected on your hard drive. Choose one of your Windows SAM registry hives from the drop-down list, the program will show a list of Windows user accounts for your Windows installation.
Select your desired user account and then click Reset Password button. It will remove your forgotten Windows password in no time.

Now take out the Windows password removal CD or USB drive. Restart the computer and at the logon screen, click your user account and leave the password box blank, you can then log in to your computer without any hassle. Windows password remover tool makes it incredibly easy to remove your forgotten Windows login password!

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How to Remove or Delete Windows Account Password

August 3rd, 2012 by Admin

Perhaps one of the most annoying things when it comes to using Windows software is forgetting your Windows account password. One may think that they need to format and re-install the operating system which can be time consuming and frustrating. Well for those people who believe this to be true, you are in luck. There is a method which will allow you to remove and delete Windows account password.

To access a locked computer can be an easy work if you have a Windows password reset disk. With Windows password reset disk you can quickly remove or delete any Windows account password on any system. If you don’t have such a disk, you can now create one and unlock your computer by following the steps below.

How to remove or delete Windows account password? I’ll walk you through the steps of creating a Windows password reset disk and then use it to remove or delete your forgotten Windows password.

Step 1: Create a Windows Password Reset Disk

First we need to find an accessible computer so we can create a Windows password reset disk on it.
Download the ISO image of Reset Windows Password boot CD which is zipped.
Extract the ISO file from the ZIP archive using WinZip.
Burn the ISO file to a CD or USB drive using ISO2Disc. After a few minutes a Windows password reset disk will be created and we’ll used it later to remove Windows password.

Step 2: Set Your Locked Computer to Boot from Password Reset Disk

Turn on your locked computer and hold down F2 or whatever the setup key is shown as during the initial boot screen. This should bring up the BIOS.
In the BIOS look for the Boot Device Priority option, set CD/DVD as the 1st boot device if you want to boot from Windows password unlocker CD. You can either set Removable Device as the 1st boot device if you want to boot off a Windows password reset USB drive.
Next save your changes and reboot the computer.

Step 3: Remove or Delete Windows Password

Once your computer boots from the Windows password reset disk, it will launch the Reset Windows Password utility.
This utility automatically scans your hard drive and find Windows SAM databases for all your Windows installations.
Choose a Windows SAM database. The program will display all Windows user accounts inside it.
Select the Windows account whose password you forgot, then click Reset Password button to remove or delete your Windows account password.

Next, remove the Windows password reset disk and restart the computer. You’ll then log in to your Windows account without entering a password. After getting into Windows, you can set a new password to prevent unauthorized access, but do remember to choose a safe one.

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How to Remove Windows 7/Vista/XP Password if You Forgot it

July 12th, 2012 by Admin

I’ve started to use my old laptop as our main one is currently broken down, sadly I have forgotten my administrator password on my laptop and can’t access the files originally saved in that computer. Another mistake is that I do not have a password reset disk, or what ever it is called. So I have no idea on how to remove Windows password.

People often tend to forget their Windows login password on a rarely used computer. Imagine that some day you decide to unpack an old computer and find that you are locked out of the computer, and can’t recall the password anymore. That’s so depressing!

Fortunately there is an easy way to remove Windows 7/Vista/XP password if you forgot Windows administrator or user passwords. With Reset Windows Password utility you can remove forgotten Windows password in just a few simple steps.

How to Remove Windows Password:

Download the self-extracting package of Reset Windows Password utility. Unzip the download file, then burn the ISO image file: ResetWindowsPwd.iso to a CD or USB flash drive.
Insert the password reset disk into your locked computer. Let the computer to boot from it. To do this you may have to enter into BIOS and set CD or USB as the first boot device.
It may take a minute for the bootdisk to load some required system files and launch the Reset Windows Password utility.
On the main screen of Reset Windows Password utility, you can choose the Windows SAM registry hive. The program will display all user accounts inside the SAM database.
Choose a user account whose password you want to remove, then click Reset Password button to remove your forgotten password.

How to remove Windows 7/Vista/XP password? You have done it! Reset Windows Password utility lets you remove Windows Admin or user password instantly on all versions of Windows in the event that an Administrator’s password is forgotten or lost. You can log on to your computer again without reinstalling Windows.

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Forgot Windows Login Password? Guaranteed Way to Unlock Your Computer

May 11th, 2012 by Admin

Forgetting windows login password is not new for the computer users. They used to assign a password in a hurry and then on the next login attempt they forget it. This really can create annoying problems to you. If you are a computer user, you should stay concerned about this aspect. Who knows, this might happen to you sooner or later. There is also instance when password may expire or being locked out and that can also create the same sort of situation. So, what you can do to avoid further problems?

In this article we’ll show you a guaranteed way to unlock your computer when you forgot Windows login password, Windows account was locked out or password expired. Let’s see how can you reset forgotten Windows login password easily:

When we forgot Windows password, we can’t even get into Windows and install any software to remove the forgotten password. So we need to create a Windows password reset disk to perform password resetting. First you need to download Password Recovery Bundle on another accessible computer, not your locked computer. Install the software, then launch it. Click the Windows Password button, the pop-up dialog will allow you to burn a password reset disk. Insert a blank CD, DVD or USB flash drive, then click Start Burn button to begin the burning process.

After your Windows password reset disk is ready, you need to make a litter changes to the BIOS Settings of your locked computer and set CD/DVD or Removable Device as the 1st boot device. Insert the Windows password reset disk into the computer and restart it. It will boot from the password reset disk immediately.

When the Reset Windows Password program appears, you’ll see the Windows SAM registry hive and Windows accounts available on your locked computer. Choose your target account, and then click Reset Password button. The program will instantly remove the password, enable and unlock your account if it was disabled or locked out.

Now click Restart button and remove the Windows password reset disk, you’ll able to log in to your computer without typing any password on the next login. Forgot Windows login password? This guaranteed way should also be the easiest and quickest way you’ll even use to unlock your computer.

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How can I Access Windows 7/Vista/XP/2008/2003 if I Forgot Administrator Password

May 6th, 2012 by Admin

Hello, how to reset the administrator password that has been forgot? I cannot log in Windows and my administrator account is disabled. How can I change the my Windows 7 password? I will be thankful that if you give me the idea.

As it’s well known to us, the administrator is the built-in administrative account which has unrestricted access to everything on the computer. So if you have forgotten the administrator password, it’s a daunting task for you to reset the administrator password, especially when it’s the only user with administrative rights. How can you get out of this situation without formatting and re-installing the operating system?

One method of gaining access to the system is to remove the administrator password using a password reset disk. What’s the most important is that we must create the Windows password reset disk before we forgot administrator password. However I don’t think this approach will help you, otherwise you wouldn’t be sitting here reading article, would you?

Another method is to recover administrator password using Ophcrack LiveCD. Ophcrack is an open source (GPL licensed) program that cracks Windows passwords by using LM hashes through rainbow tables. The program includes the ability to import the hashes from a variety of formats, including dumping directly from the SAM files of Windows. It is claimed that these tables can crack 99.9% of alphanumeric passwords of up to 14 characters in usually a few minutes. If you’re not ‘techie’ or are short on time, we always recommends the third method below.

A third method is to use Password Recovery Bundle, one of the most popular Windows password recovery software, which will enable you to reset lost Windows password and logon with a blank password. Download and install the software on an accessible computer, it enables you to create a password reset bootdisk. Boot your locked Windows 7/Vista/XP/2008/2003 system from the bootdisk and it enables you to reset / unlock your lost administrator password easily and instantly. Additionally Password Recovery Bundle can also be used to reset domain administrator password on Windows Server 2008/2003/2000.

There are several options for you to regain access to Windows 7/Vista/XP/2008/2003 if you forgot administrator password. With these methods you should be able to reset Windows administrator password and log on your computer successfully.

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