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#ANY PASSWORD WINDOWS 8 PROBLEM INSTALL#
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Here are the steps that you need to complete:

You then need to boot from the selected device to see a DOS-like interface where you need to run a series of command in to restore the user account.

#ANY PASSWORD WINDOWS 8 PROBLEM INSTALL#

The process itself requires you to download the Offline NT Password & Registry Editor which is available as an ISO image that you can burn to CD or DVD, and a file that you can install on an USB Flash Drive. If you can't sign in anymore you can still recover the system from that by enabling the hidden administrator account. You can for instance request that from a different system or your smartphone. Please note that it may be easier to request the password to be reset if you are using a Microsoft Account password to log in. If you have forgotten your account password and can't log in to the system anymore, you may use the administrator account to get back into the system.

Select Run as administrator there.Įnable the account if you can't log in anymore

This opens a list of options at the bottom.

Enter cmd and right-click on the Command Prompt result that should appear.

Press the Windows key to get into the Metro interface if you are not already there.

You need to run the command from an elevated command prompt. Enable the administrator account on Windows 8 It is easier to enable the administrator account if you can still log in to Windows with another administrator account. When you list the accounts in the user accounts control panel applet, you will notice that the hidden administrator account is not listed there while the guest account that is also disabled is. One of the reasons is to use it as a fallback account in case you can't log in to a regular user account, or for tasks that require administrative privileges. While it is not suggested to enable and use the administrators on a day to day basis, it can be used for a variety of purposes.

#ANY PASSWORD WINDOWS 8 PROBLEM WINDOWS 7#

Windows 8 just like its predecessor Windows 7 ships with an administrator account that is disabled by default.