HP notebook password reset – Password Recovery https://www.top-password.com/blog Provide useful password recovery tricks, guides and software Wed, 03 Sep 2014 07:37:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 Forgot Windows 8 Login Password on HP ProBook Notebook https://www.top-password.com/blog/forgot-windows-8-login-password-on-hp-probook-notebook/ Wed, 03 Sep 2014 07:29:51 +0000 http://www.top-password.com/blog/?p=3851 There are a number of different ways to recover a lost Windows password by using something like Ophcrack which lets you to crack the hashes with rainbow table. However, this is also the most difficult method and can be very time consuming depending on the length of your password.

Instead of recovering the original password, you can reset a forgotten Windows login password instantly. In this tutorial I’ll show you how to reset lost Windows 8 password on a brand new HP ProBook 430 G2 Notebook with PCUnlocker.

How to Reset Windows 8 Login Password on HP ProBook Notebook?

PCUnlocker is a bootable program that needs to run from a bootable CD or USB drive. After you’ve downloaded the PCUnlocker program, unzip the downloaded file and you’ll get an ISO image: pcunlocker.iso. Burn this ISO file to a blank CD or USB thumb drive with ISO2Disc.

Once you’ve created a PCUnlocker Live CD/USB drive, you can now bring it to unlock your HP ProBook notebook. Put the CD in the optical drive or plug the USB drive into the USB port of your HP ProBook laptop. When powering on the laptop, repeatedly press the Esc key to enter the Startup Menu, and follow the prompt to press F10 to enter the BIOS Setup.

After you’re in the BIOS Setup, navigate to System Configuration > Boot Options. Disable the Secure Boot option and change the Boot Mode from “UEFI Native (Without CSM)” to Legacy.

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Save your changes and exit the BIOS. When your computer is restarting, repeatedly press the Esc key to access the Startup Menu again. Press F9 to enter Boot Device Options, from which you can choose to boot from a CD or USB drive.

Once booted into PCUnlocker Live CD/USB drive, the computer will temporarily load the WinPE OS and take you to the PCUnlocker program. From there you can see a list of local accounts for your Windows 8 installation. In my example, I use a Microsoft account as my computer’s login, and you can see my email address in the Description column of the “Boris” account.

Choose a local account and click on Reset Password button, it will unlock / reset your forgotten Windows 8 login password immediately. Here I choose the “Boris” account and the program assigns a new password (Password123) to my Microsoft account, that is because Windows 8 doesn’t accept a blank password for a Microsoft account.

The last step is restarting your HP ProBook notebook and removing the CD/USB drive. Enter into the BIOS Setup again and change the Boot Mode back to UEFI. After that, you can boot into Windows 8 with a blank password for a local account, or log in as Microsoft account with the new password. That’s it!

]]> How to Bypass Windows 8 Password on HP Envy dv6 https://www.top-password.com/blog/how-to-bypass-windows-8-password-on-hp-envy-dv6/ Thu, 28 Aug 2014 02:58:28 +0000 http://www.top-password.com/blog/?p=3825 Locked out of HP Envy dv6 notebook because you’ve misplaced or forgotten your Windows 8 password? Despite being Microsoft’s most secure operating system, it’s possible to bypass or reset Windows 8 local/Microsoft account password with PCUnlocker. This article explains how you can easily bypass Windows 8 password on HP Envy dv6 notebook.

How to Bypass Windows 8 Password on HP Envy dv6?

PCUnlocker comes as an ISO image that needs to be burned on to a CD, or you can put the ISO on to USB stick using a utility. Then simply boot to the CD or USB to run the utility for bypassing Windows 8 password. Here are step-by-step instructions:

  1. Use a spare computer to download the PCUnlocker program. Unzip the downloaded file and you’ll get a pcunlocker.iso image. Burn the ISO image to a blank CD using the freeware ISO2Disc. If you don’t have an optical drive, you can burn the ISO image to a USB flash drive.
  2. Next, you have to boot your locked HP Envy dv6 notebook from the CD/USB drive. Because this Windows 8 laptop comes with UEFI BIOS, you need to firstly enable the Legacy support in the BIOS. Turn on the computer and immediately press the Esc key repeatedly until the Startup Menu opens.

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  3. Use the arrow keys to select BIOS Setup and press Enter. Navigate to the System Configuration menu, use the down arrow key to select Boot Options, then press Enter.
  4. Set “Secure Boot” to “Disabled” and set “Legacy Support” to “Enabled”. Press F10 to save your changes and exit BIOS.

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  5. When the computer has restarted, quickly press the Esc key to access the Startup Menu again. This time select Boot Device Options and press Enter.
  6. When the Boot Option Menu screen appears, use the up or down arrow key to select your boot media (Internal CD/DVD ROM or USB Hard Drive). Then press Enter to boot into that device.
  7. The computer will load the Windows PE operating system from your boot media and take you directly to the PCUnlocker program. Choose the user account where you want to bypass the password, and click on Reset Password button. If you use a Microsoft account as your login method, make sure you choose the local account with the “Description” column shown as your Live account ID.

  8. The program will remove your local account password immediately. As Windows 8 can’t accept blank password for Microsoft account, the program will assign a temporary password Password123 to your Microsoft account.
  9. The last step is to reboot your computer and take out the CD or USB drive. When you come to the Windows 8 login screen, you can log on as your desired account and regain access to all files on your HP Envy dv6 notebook. That’s it!
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