How to Reset Windows 8 Password If Forgot or Lost?

Forgot Windows 8 password and need to reset it? See how I do it.

Is it extremely frustrating and annoyed when you lost or forgot Windows 8 password? So you locked out of your computer. Maybe you will ask: Is it possible to reset the forgotten Windows 8 password instantly? Fortunately, you are right here. We will introduce 4 simple ways for you to reset password Windows 8  if you forgot or lost it.
Option 1: Apply Previously-created win 8 password reset disk
Have you ever created windows 8 password reset disk? If you have done that, i think you are very luckily! This is because it is very simple to reset password Windows 8 with Windows password rest disk. Of course, for those who forgot to create this password reset disk, they have to see the option 2 , 3 or 4. Now let’t begin to reset Windows 8 password with Previously-created win 8 password reset disk.
[1]: Login in win 8 with an incorrect password, click “ok”
[2]: Click “Reset Password” item, then you will see the password reset wizard.
[3]: Plug previously-created win 8 password reset disk in your PC, then click “Next”.
[4]: Choose the inserted win 8 password reset disk and click “Next”.
[5]: Type a new Win 8 password and password hint, and then click “Next”.
[6]: When Windows 8 password reset finishes, click “Finish” button.
Option 2: Try Another Windows 8 Administrator Account
First what you should clear is that: Are you able to log in your PC with built-in administrator account or other available admin account? Of course, the Windows 8 password reset can be very easy if your answer is yes. Otherwise, have a try the option 3, or 4. However, if you are the luckily one, I have to remind you that all personal certificates, EFS-encrypted files and stored password for websites and network resources will be lost if you use this method. In other words, if you mind losing those data, this method is obviously not suitable for you. Here begins Windows 8 password reset with another admin account.
[1]: Login in Win 8 with another administrator account.
[2]: First find the the search box, then type “user accounts” in it. From the search results, select user accounts.
[3]: It will show you all win 8 user accounts when user accounts windows open.
[4]: Choose the user account which you need to reset the password.
[5]: First you need to type a new password 2 times, and a password hint one time. At last click “change password” button.
Option 3: Use Free Windows 8 Password Reset Tool — Ophcrack
With respect to reset forgotten Windows 8 password, you can still resort to free windows 8 password reset tool. Of course, there are kinds of Windows 8 password reset tool available on the internet, such as Ophcrack, Offline NT Password & Registry Editor, PC Login Now, Kon-Boot and so on.
Among them, Ophcrack is the most popular one, which based on rainbow tables. However, it only help you crack 99.9% of alphanumeric passwords of up to 14 characters in usually a few minutes. If you really need it to reset your lost Windows 8 password, download it from its official website directly.
Option 4: Take Advantage of Third-Party Windows 8 Password Recovery Software
Free Windows 8 password reset solutions doesn’t work at all? Try to create a win 8 password reset disk with third-party Windows 8 password recovery tool instead, like Windows Password Recovery Tool. with it, even a computer newbie can reset forgotten Windows 8 password within 3 minutes, regardless of password complexity and strength. 100% password reset rate is guaranteed.
This windows 8 password reset method only takes 3 parts: Download – Burn – Reset. Download and burn operation can only done on another unlocked computer which you can run as admin.
[1]: First you have to get another computer which you can download software. Then download and install Windows Password Recovery Tool on it.
[2]: Burn a password reset disc by inserting a blank and writable CD/DVD and clicking “Burn CD/DVD” button on the interface to start burning process. (you can also apply USB flash drive)
[3]: Insert the burned password reset disc to the target computer and set this win 8 PC boot from CD/DVD(USB) in BIOS.
[4]: Following the instructions to reset lost Windows 8 user password, only 3 clicks.
[5]: Log in win 8 without password
Each method has its advantages and disadvantages. You can choose one of them according to your situation. Hope these Windows 8 password reset methods can help you!

Use your windows 7 to setup a Software Wireless Access Point (SoftAP)

[Tutorial] Use your windows 7 to setup a Software Wireless Access Point (SoftAP) to share your PC Internet connection without any extra hardware or software (NOT Ad-Hoc)

     I got my Nexus 7 a few days ago, and it doesn't have a 3g modem in it. That means I cannot use a mobile internet with this device. Tried to create an ad hoc network in my windows 7 pc, and it cannot even detect the ad hoc network. This is already a known problem for android ICS (ice Cream Sandwich) and Jelly Bean.

     After some research, I found out that ICS and JB only can detect "Infrastructure" based WiFi signal. Ad hoc network is using another type of signal that ICS and JB cannot detect unless you root and tweak your phone's wpa_supplicant files. In which they are known to cause abnormal behavior of the OS itself.

     So, I call myself an IT professional and a hacker. How can I surrender to such a small problem! There must be a solution somewhere. Again, after some research, I realized that Windows 7 actually provide 2 drivers for a network card. Basically 1 of it is what you use everyday, as a client that receive service from an AP. The other 1, is the driver to make your wireless network card an wireless access point itself! (SoftAP)

“On Windows 7 and later, the operating system installs a virtual device if a Hosted Network capable wireless adapter is present on the machine. This virtual device normally shows up in the “Network Connections Folder” as ‘Wireless Network Connection 2’ with a Device Name of ‘Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport adapter’ if the computer has a single wireless network adapter. This virtual device is used exclusively for performing software access point (SoftAP) connections and is not present in the list returned by the WlanEnumInterfaces function. The lifetime of this virtual device is tied to the physical wireless adapter. If the physical wireless adapter is disabled, this virtual device will be removed as well.”

OK! SO THEY HAVE THIS HANDY FEATURE BUT WHY I NEVER SEE IT?

ANSWER: Basically there is no native GUI to do all this, so you have to use command prompt to do all this.

Following will be the step by step guide to setup a SoftAP using your windows 7 without any additional application. If you want to use an application to do this, there are some out there in the market, 1 of it i think is good is called Connectify, I never tried it though so I won't comment on it.

Basically, to setup an SoftAP, then share ur PC internet to this SoftAP and then make sure devices that connect to this SoftAP takes 5 major steps:

1) Setup the SoftAP
2) Share the Internet to SoftAP
3) Startup the services required for Internet Sharing
4) Start your SoftAP
5) make sure your device connect properly to the SoftAP

and here we GO:
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1) Setup the SoftAP

i) Run cmd.exe as administrator and enter the following command. Substitute "ssid" with the SoftAP name u  desired and "passphrase" with the password to connect to the SoftAP u desired, both without the quotation marks. This will create the required “Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport adapter” and also set up your hostednetwork.
   

netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid="ssid" key="passphrase" keyUsage=persistent

Run cmd as Administrator

The command and its appropriate output if success (Click to enlarge)

Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter will shown if success (Click to enlarge)

     Voila, first step is done, your SoftAP interface is now available, next up we will need to do the Internet sharing.
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2) Share the Internet to SoftAP

i) Open network and sharing centre
ii) Click Change Adapter Setting
iii) Select the adapter that are connected to the internet, "Right Click" -> "Properties"
iv) Click on "Sharing' tab
v) Check the checkbox that says "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection". In the dropdownbox, select the SoftAP (In my case, Wireless Network Connection 5)

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vi) Step 2 DONE!

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3) Startup the services required for Internet Sharing

This step is the most technical step of all the steps

i) Run services.msc. (Type services.msc in start menu and you will have it)
ii) Find the following item in the list and start them IF THEY ARE NOT (Right click -> Start):

**If you want these services start after you restart computer, change their properties to Automatic**
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Application Layer Gateway Service
Network Connections
Network Location Awareness (NLA)
Plug And Play
Remote Access Auto Connection Manager
Remote Access Connection Manager
Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
Telephony
Windows Firewall

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**If you want these services start after you restart computer, change their properties to Automatic**

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iii) After all services are started, Step 3 is done

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4) Start your SoftAP

This step is easy, the command to start/stop the hostednetwork is “netsh wlan start|stop hostednetwork” and it needs to be run as adminstrator. Since you will have to start/stop the hostednetwork every time you start/stop your computer, I would advice you to create desktop shortcuts for there commands and set them to run as administrator.

Shortcut to start hostednetwork

Shortcut to stop the hostednetwork

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!! After run "netsh wlan start hostednetwork"

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5) make sure your device connect properly to the SoftAP

Now, the setup of this AP is successful. In order to connect to this SoftAP, I find it best to use static IP, else it will have quite some connection problem. The setting is as following:

**Set this in the device you want to connect to the SoftAP**
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IP: range from 192.168.137.2 to 192.168.137.254
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.137.1
DNS: 8.8.8.8
alternate DNS: 8.8.4.4
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**Set this in the device you want to connect to the SoftAP**


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By using this method, ANY devices including android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) and Jelly Bean (JB) devices that can't detect ad-hoc signal can now share Internet of your PC!

BY THIS POINT, THIS TUTORIAL HAS ENDED. THIS METHOD WORKS TOTALLY FINE IN MY CASE. GOOD LUCK.