{"id":3236,"date":"2015-11-21T03:45:32","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T03:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=3236"},"modified":"2023-04-14T09:26:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T09:26:08","slug":"reset-forgotten-windows-8-password-on-hp-laptop-with-uefi-bios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/reset-forgotten-windows-8-password-on-hp-laptop-with-uefi-bios\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset Forgotten Windows 8 Password on HP Laptop with UEFI BIOS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How can I do if HP laptop password forgot and no user account can be used to login this laptop pre-installed in UEFI boot mode? And it is running Windows 8 64-bit operational system.<\/p>\n<p>While this problem occurs, we should confirm that if it is really pre-installed in UEFI boot mode and what kind of user account password wanted to reset, local account or Microsoft account.<\/p>\n<p>Since Microsoft account can be reset on <a href=\"https:\/\/account.live.com\/password\/reset\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft account password reset page<\/a>, so if you just need to reset forgotten Microsoft account password for HP logon, this way is OK. Surely, if you feel it difficult, or you would like to reset Windows 8 local account and Microsoft account password at one time, <strong>Windows Password Genius Advanced <\/strong>is recommended.<\/p>\n<h2>How to reset forgotten password with Windows Password Genius Advanced<\/h2>\n<h3>First, burn a password reset disk with bootable USB drive or CD\/DVD-ROM.<\/h3>\n<p>Get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-password-genius.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows Password Genius Advanced<\/a> and install it on available computer. Now you can run the program and insert bootable USB drive (or CD drive) into this computer. Choose &#8220;USB device&#8221; and burn ISO image file into plugged device.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/burn-password-reset-disk-for-hp-laptop.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"408\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3241\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/burn-password-reset-disk-for-hp-laptop.png\" alt=\"burn password reset disk for UEFI-based HP laptop\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/burn-password-reset-disk-for-hp-laptop.png 590w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/burn-password-reset-disk-for-hp-laptop-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Second, set locked HP laptop boot from USB drive (password reset disk).<\/h3>\n<p>Plug the bootable USB device into your Windows 8 locked HP computer. And make some changes on computer to set it boot from USB drive.<\/p>\n<p>1. Power on locked HP computer.<\/p>\n<p>2. As soon as HP welcome screen appears, immediately press <strong>F10<\/strong> to enter BIOS setup window.<\/p>\n<p>3. In BIOS Setup, choose <strong>Security<\/strong> tab and select <strong>Secure Boot Configuration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/change-hp-boot-configuration.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"313\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3319\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/change-hp-boot-configuration.png\" alt=\"change HP boot configuration\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/change-hp-boot-configuration.png 590w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/change-hp-boot-configuration-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. When the Secure Boot Configuration warning displays, press F10 to continue.<\/p>\n<p>5. Enable the <strong>Legacy Support <\/strong>option if it is disabled. And disable the <strong>Secure Boot<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p>6. Change the boot order to removal USB device and press <strong>F10<\/strong> to save changes. And HP laptop will boot from USB drive burned with password reset disk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/boot-hp-laptop-from-usb-drive.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"186\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/boot-hp-laptop-from-usb-drive.png\" alt=\"boot HP laptop from USB drive\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/boot-hp-laptop-from-usb-drive.png 500w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/boot-hp-laptop-from-usb-drive-300x112.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If it is the HP notebook computer with UEFI BIOS, it would be little different from above operations. When you turn on HP notebook, please repeatedly press <strong>ESC<\/strong> instead of <strong>F10<\/strong> until the <strong>Startup Menu <\/strong>opens. Then select the <strong>System Configuration<\/strong> menu, and choose <strong>Boot Options<\/strong>. Press Enter and disable <strong>Secure Boot <\/strong>option. Choose USB drive as priority boot device, and save these boot settings.<\/p>\n<h3>Third, reset Windows 8 forgotten password for HP laptop with UEFI BIOS.<\/h3>\n<p>Now, believe you have seen Windows Password Genius Advanced running on your locked HP laptop. It identifies the operational system on HP laptop and lists all users (including local account and Microsoft account).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/remove-hp-laptop-windows-8-password.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/remove-hp-laptop-windows-8-password.png\" alt=\"remove HP laptop Windows 8 forgotten password\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/remove-hp-laptop-windows-8-password.png 590w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/remove-hp-laptop-windows-8-password-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While you choose local account and click on <strong>Reset Password<\/strong> button, the password will be removed. If you select Microsoft account and tab &#8220;Reset Password&#8221; button, forgotten password will be reset as &#8220;iSunshare@2012&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/reset-hp-laptop-windows-8-microsoft-account-password.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3243 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/reset-hp-laptop-windows-8-microsoft-account-password.png\" alt=\"reset UEFI-based HP laptop Windows 8 Microsoft account password\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/reset-hp-laptop-windows-8-microsoft-account-password.png 590w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/reset-hp-laptop-windows-8-microsoft-account-password-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reboot HP laptop and eject bootable USB reset disk, but please remember to change the boot mode from Legacy to UEFI. And restart Windows 8 again to login HP laptop without password or new password, depending on the login user type.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Why Windows Password Genius Advanced can so easily reset all user passwords for Windows 8?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Only because of the password reset disk it creates, the disk can search the SAM registry file automatically in HP Windows 8 system, and list all the users and their password status exiting in locked HP laptop. And password reset disk has privileges to change Windows user password. 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