{"id":2946,"date":"2013-08-07T07:40:52","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T07:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=2946"},"modified":"2013-08-07T07:44:27","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T07:44:27","slug":"how-to-change-forgotten-windows-8-password-with-installation-disc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/how-to-change-forgotten-windows-8-password-with-installation-disc\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Change Forgotten Windows 8 Password with Installation Disc"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forgot your Windows 8 administrator password? How to change or reset the password without any third-party software? We have previously talked about how to reset Windows 7 password with Windows installation CD<\/a>. That trick also works with Windows 8. Here we’re going to walk you through the procedure to change forgotten Windows 8 password with Windows 8 installation disc.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> This trick is only intended for experienced users who forgot Windows 8 password. For average computer users, please use the easy-to-use software PCUnlocker<\/a> to reset lost or forgotten Windows 8 password.<\/p>\n

How to Change Forgotten Windows 8 Password with Installation Disc?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Boot your Windows 8 computer from Windows 8 installation disc. Once the message “Press any key to boot from CD…..” appears, press the Enter key to continue.<\/li>\n
  2. As soon as you get to the Windows Setup screen, press the SHIFT + F10 key combination to bring up the Command Prompt.\n

    \"windows-8-setup\"<\/li>\n

  3. Type the following command (replace “d:” with the correct drive letter if Windows is not located on D:):
    \ncopy d:\\windows\\system32\\sethc.exe d:\\<\/strong>
    \nThis creates a copy of sethc.exe to restore later.<\/li>\n
  4. Type this command to replace sethc.exe with cmd.exe:
    \ncopy \/y c:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe c:\\windows\\system32\\sethc.exe<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \"replace-sethc\"<\/li>\n

  5. Now close the Command Prompt, and cancel the Windows Setup application. Eject Windows 8 installation disc and reboot your computer.\n

    \"cancel-windows-setup\"<\/li>\n

  6. When you reach to the Windows 8 login screen. Press the SHIFT key 5 times in a row, the Command Prompt will then open.<\/li>\n
  7. Enter the following command to change your forgotten Windows 8 password:
    \nnet user top-password.com 123456<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \"reset-windows-8-password\"<\/p>\n

    Replace top-password.com with your account’s name, and change the password 123456 with whatever you want.<\/li>\n

  8. Congratulation! Now exit the Command Prompt and you can then log on your Windows 8 system with your new password.\n

    \"login-windows-8\"<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Remember to copy the c:\\sethc.exe file back to c:\\windows\\system32\\sethc.exe to restore the original sethc.exe file. This trick works with Windows 8, Windows 8 Professional, Windows 8 Enterprise and Windows 8.1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Forgot your Windows 8 administrator password? How to change or reset the password without any third-party software? We have previously talked about how to reset Windows 7 password with Windows installation CD. That trick also works with Windows 8. Here we’re going to walk you through the procedure to change forgotten Windows 8 password with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,39],"tags":[1350,83,84,1496,1495],"class_list":["post-2946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-8","tag-change-windows-8-password","tag-forgot-windows-8-password","tag-reset-windows-8-password","tag-reset-windows-8-password-free","tag-reset-windows-8-password-with-installation-disc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2946"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2956,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2946\/revisions\/2956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}