Forgot Windows 8 admin password

[x_kzy_xd]

I have a Windows 8 computer that I don't use very often. I have configured it to login automatically so I almost never type in the admin password. I am the only account on the computer.

However, now, I need the password to install a program. I can still login (it's automatic login), but I can't install the program.

Is there any way to reset the admin password?

 

[Bubbaleone]

Unless you have specifically enabled the Built-in Administrator account you are not the Administrator. When you automatically log on, the account with your user name is a member of the "administrators group". In Windows 8, even members of the administrators group have limited access rights. Right-click on the executable for the program you're trying to install, and select Run as administrator.

 

[JBT]

Request your password from the NSA.

 

[smakme7757]

Yea, you can reset it.

http://www.windowspasswordsreset.com/reset-windows-password.html

It looks cheap and nasty, but all you do it burn it out to an ISO and boot from it and it will give you a nice GUI to reset your password with. I got myself the Ultimate Version.

Worst case you will have to use DISM to install RAID drivers onto it if yours isn't supported out of the box, but otherwise that worked like a charm!

 

[Cerb]

Or, you could use chntpw, for free (always blank the PW, rather than try to set a new one). Then, change the PW from within Windows.

 

[smakme7757]

Or, you could use chntpw, for free (always blank the PW, rather than try to set a new one). Then, change the PW from within Windows.

Yea, that's a better idea, however the one above has a version which has pretty much all major and less major RAID and chipset driver support which is nice. It's also extremely user friendly as it burns the ISO for you.

To be honest i should have saved my money and just done it myself, but i just couldn't be bothered at the time... Live and learn i suppose.

 

[tim980]

Thanks guys for your help.

 

[lawence]

well, i think using a professional windows password reset software is a good choice, and in case to avoid this situation, you can do something to prevent,
Option 1: Use Windows password hint to reimnd you of the forgotten Windows 8 password

When you set your windows 8 password, you can creat a hint to help you remember the forgotten password like birthday date, name or
anything else, so that you may easily remember the forgotten password, and avoid some unnecessary trouble. and the password hint will
not display unless you input the wrong forgotten password on Windoes 8.

Option 2: Creating a password reset disk on your Windows 8

This way is a little complicated, but once you created the password reset disk, it can help you to slove the problem of forgetting password, and
you won't worry any more about reseting the password.

1.Type "Creat a password reset disk" in the search of settings
2.Prepare a USB flash drive or floppy disk to safe the password reset disk
3.Then you can click Reset Password when you enter the wrong password. And now you can insert the target USB flash drive or floppy disk to reset your forgotten Windows 8 password step-by-step follow the prompts

 

[Berryracer]

IF you are the admin account on your computer, you can try this:

1- Run Command Prompt as Administrator by right clicking on it

2- Type in the following in the DOS window:

CD\ [then hit enter]
net user administrator /active:yes [then hit enter]

3- that will activate the built in Administrator account in Windows 8

4- Log off your current account, then you will see 2 username on the Start screen. Click on the Administrator username to logon to that account

5-use the administrator account to reset the password of your account from control panel