Windows 8 Forgotten Admin Password

WindowsPro

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• May 8, 2020

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So you do have a separate administrators account?

 

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baobab

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• May 14, 2020

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WindowsPro said:

So you do have a separate administrators account?

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Yes, I logged in with my Microsoft account which is not an administrator - more a guest. It is powerless

 

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Marisavance

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• May 20, 2020

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Anyone can make a Password Reset Stick for Windows 8/10/7 computer.

 

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Neemobeer

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• May 20, 2020

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The first account created on a Windows computer should be a local admin by design. I can't confirm that with using a Microsoft Account as I never setup computers that way. You should be able to use a tool like lazesoft offline password tool which is part of Hiren's Boot Disc now to enable and blank out the built-in Administrator account if you need to do any admin work and don't have access to another administrative user account.

 

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RuskinF

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• Aug 10, 2020

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This guide might help you to reset the password of a local account.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...ate-a-password-reset-disk-for-a-local-account

I do not know how you can recover an administrator account.

 

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codeup

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• Aug 10, 2020

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I think it can be done as long as the account doesn't require to connect to microsoft. This is done by creating a live os with a usb stick, then start the live os and replace a executable on your hd with cmd.exe, then restart the machine and load up the system normally access the accessibility tool, execute the cmd.exe and overright the admin password. Look on YouTube, there is plenty of videos.

 

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Maren789

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• Sep 22, 2020

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RuskinF said:

This guide might help you to reset the password of a local account.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...ate-a-password-reset-disk-for-a-local-account

Forgot Windows 8/8.1 Password? How to Reset Windows 8 Password without Disk

I do not know how you can recover an administrator account.

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To recover admin password for Windows 8,i don’t think it’s a good way to use Microsoft to verify and accept the new password,many times, Microsoft did not respond in time after receiving our verification email.

 

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