I Forgot My Sony VAIO Laptop Password, How to Reset it?
A user from Japan posted a question to my mail box, saying "I have a Sony laptop but somehow I lost my login password and unable to use the computer. what to do? "
You simply can't do anything with the Sony laptop when you have forgotten the password. All you have to do is to recover the password in a proper way. It is a simple job if you decided to reinstall the system, which consumes much more time and lost all the data on the computer. That is the reason to use efficient third party software that allows you to reset the password without putting much effort and most importantly, all the data on the laptop will be protected well.
You can find a lot of Windows password recovery tools available in the market with a Google search. But from CNET reviews, UUkeys Windows Password Recovery is one of the most legitimate options you can go with to recover lost password. It is a complete all-in-one tool that works on any Windows computer. This software is able to recover your Windows sign-in password without losing any data from your computer. It is 100% safe to use.
Things You Need before Resetting the Password :
- A new USB drive or blank DVD.
- UUkeys Windows Password Recovery.
- A working Windows computer or laptop that you can access.
Tutorial for Recovering Forgotten Admin Password for Sony VAIO Laptop
Step 1 : Download and install Windows Password Recovery on Computer
You can see the large green Download button in below and just click it to download the program. Now follow the step-by-step instructions to install the software on a normal Windows computer you can use. Don't forget to launch the program after installation.
Step 2 : Create a Password Reset Disk with USB Drive
Password reset disk is a bootable media that allows you to get an access to Windows account on locked computer. The program burned into the disk will be directly loaded into the memory of computer during booting.
Now UUkeys Windows Password Recovery is going to help you create such a password reset disk. Using a USB flash drive would be the most convenient thing in this case. Insert a USB drive to the computer and remember the drive name. Now you need to get back to the software and select a drive name from the list. Click the "Burn USB " button to burn files to the disk. You will get a message "Burning successfully" once the burning process is done.
Step 3: Change Boot Order on Locked Sony Laptop
Laptops always set hard drive as the first booting device and that's why you need to change USB as the first booting device in order to load the program in password reset disk.
Inset that USB drive into the password protected Sony laptop and power on the laptop. Press F11 key repeatedly until the logo shows up. Now the laptop will boot from USB drive. Please disconnect other external device expect password reset disk before booting.
Step 4: Select Target User Account and Reset Forgotten Password
You will be prompted to a simple user interface after the booting process and you can see it on the right side. Now you can recover the password within a few steps.
First select a Windows OS from in Step 1. Now you need to select the target user from Step 2. After selection, click the "Reset password" to change the unknown password to blank. Finally click Reboot and take password recovery disk out. Now your password is finally removed and you can easily access your computer without putting any password.
WBesides Sony laptop, UUkeys Windows Password Recovery is also compatible with other computer and laptop brands such as Lenovo, Dell, HP, etc... The above method is also applicable to Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista. It is really a flexible password reset choice and it comes with a wide range of applications.
Cathryn Akerman is a professional freelancing technology author and worked 8 years as a computer system engineer. Cathryn keeps sharing this computer skills current through UUkeys to her readers and clients.