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How to Recover Forgotten or Lost Windows 8 Password

Are you using the fantastic Windows 8 system? Do you enjoy its new features like creating a picture password? I guess many of you are satisfied with this. But have you encountered the problem like "Windows 8 password not working" or "Windows 8 password is incorrect" and can't access to your computer? If yes, then do you know how to recover your password on Windows 8?

Want to find an answer to your question? Read this article through. In this article, I describe 4 methods about how to recover Windows 8 login password. Each way has its own pros and cons, about which I draw a table for you to compare so as to apply the right way for your circumstances after comparison.

Methods to recover Windows 8 password

Pros

Cons

Method 1:
Use a Windows 8 password recovery disk

Simple, no data lose, can recover user password or admin password anytime you like

Have Created one when you're able to log into your PC

Method 2:
Use Windows 8 admin account

Have access to your locked PC and change your user password

1.Only useful when you have access to admin account
2.permanently lose any e-mail messages or encrypted files on that account

Method 3:
Use PIN or picture password

No data lose and needn't ask help from other people

Have created PIN or Picture password before

Method 4:  Use
Windows Password Recovery  software

1.No data lose or file damage, safe and fast
2.support all Windows OS and servers and all PC brands
3.reset any of the lost windows  password without any premises

 

After comparing the four methods, I think you may know which method you should choose to recover forgotten Windows 8 password. In the fol-lowing text, I will describe the detailed steps in each method.

Method 1: Recover Windows 8 password with Password Reset Disk

Here's how to recover Windows 8 password with a Windows 8 password reset disk:

Method 2: Recover Lost Windows 8 Password by another Available Admin Account

Method 3: Recover windows Password with PIN or Picture Password

Here's how to use PIN or picture password to recover Windows 8 password:

Windows 8 logon screen>> select the target user account>>Click the Sign-in options link to display the picture password and PIN login meth-ods>>Select one of them and access Windows 8.

After you login your PC, go "Control Panel" and set a new password for your account.

Method 4: Use Windows 8 Password Recovery Tool

Using Windows Password Recovery, you can recover Windows 8 admin password and user password safely and quickly if you forgot your pass-word on Windows 8. It is a useful and effective Windows 8 password recovery tool praised by many users.

Here's how to the recover Windows 8 password:

Should you still don't know which technique is right for you, just make use of the Windows Password Recovery. It's quite simple to use, a computer newbie may use it to totally recover forgotten windows 8 password inside a couple of minutes. I believe you can do better.

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