Adding a password to a laptop or PC is absolutely recommended by every computer expert. In fact, this is one of the best ways to protect the privacy and security of your laptop from any suspicious login activities. As we all know laptop contains all the secret and confidential data that you do not want to share with anyone, the device should be only accessible to the one with the correct password.
But what if you forgot the password of your own laptop and got locked out? It is quite understandable that everyone may forget their laptop password once in a while. However, there is nothing to be worried. The good news is that there are myriad of solutions to this problem and it varies from each Windows operating system versions. We will show you how to reset your laptop password whether you are using Windows 7, 8 or 10. Keep on reading to acknowledge the procedures.
The following method has been tested on Toshiba/Acer/HP/Dell/Lenovo laptops by our software engineers.
Windows 7 has less security mechanism than the latest Windows 8 and 10. In fact, you can reset the password of your Windows 7 computer just by using the default admin account. If you have set up other administrator accounts before getting locked out then use the below steps to reset your laptop password. If not, please head to Part 2.
How to Access Windows 7 Laptop without Password
Windows 8 offers an more elegant way to reset your laptops password by simply changing the password of your Microsoft account as it is the default account type in Windows 8 computers. Follow these steps to reset your Microsoft account password. If neither of the above suggestions worked for you, then the move to Part 3, which will definitely help you unlock the computer in a few minutes.
Note: Any wrong operation would casue the computer crashed and the files on the system would be infected. Please be aware of that.
How to Access Windows 8 Laptop without Password
Windows 10 is quite advance and tricky to crack the password. So, in this part we will take help from a professional third party software that can bypass Windows 10/8/7 password named UUkeys Windows Password Mate . The reason why it is marked as recommended is that this program has effective functions to reset Windows login password. Most important, it is built-with a nice UI so everyone can use it freely, even for computer newbies. So, if any of the above methods didn't work for you, then certainly you can use UUkeys program to reset your Windows laptop password. Currently it is supported in over 100+ major laptop brands including Samsung, Sony, Asus, HP, Dell, Lenovo and so on. The procedure to reset password using UUkeys is quite easy and any kind of computer expertise should be comfortable with using this tool.
Please go and find a working computer. Then download UUkeys Windows Password Mate on that computer. Install the program and launch it. You will have to create a bootable password reset disk using a USB flash drive or CD/DVD. In this tutorial, we take USB flash drive as an example.
Now, insert the USB flash drive on to your computer and select the flash drive name from the drop-down option. Click on "Burn USB" to burn all the necessary files to the USB flash drive. Once the process is completed, eject the flash drive and insert it on your locked computer.
Boot your computer using the flash drive and the UUkeys program will be loaded automatically on the startup screen. (You need to set USB drive as the first boot device in boot menu or BIOS settings.)
Now only choose the operating system (Example: Windows 10) and select the main user administrator account and click on "Reset Password". That's it. You may now restart your computer and login to your PC without entering any password at all.
