By Michael | Last Updated
Many friends forgot their windows 10 or Windows 8 login password and were locked out of their computers/laptops, so I searched and collected several common tools which can unlock the locked desktop or laptop on HP/Dell/Acer/Lenovo/Asus/Toshiba and other PCs without the previous password or disk.
There are three types of passwords to protect a laptop or desktop computer:
The password reset disk, which needs to be created with the Windows built-in program when sign in Windows, is the best tool to reset the lost login password, but many users don't realize that until they are locked out of their computers because of forgetting the password. Therefore, although the password reset disk is useful, it isn't the common-used tool. So, here I want to introduce common-used password tools for you to unlock the locked computer without the password.
The following software work well on resetting Windows 10/8 password on the HP/Dell/Acer/Lenovo/Asus/Toshiba computer and are easy to use. Furthermore, a USB password reset disk can be created with a few clicks by using them.
iSunshare Windows Password Genius is the software that I usually use to help my friends unlock their locked desktop computers, laptops or tablets. So, I want to share you the tutorial on using it here.
Tips: iSunshare Windows Password Genius supports to create password reset disks on Windows/Mac computers or rooted Android phones.
Guide to use iSunshare Windows Password Genius:
1. In an accessible computer, get iSunshare Windows Password Genius from the official site and then install it.
2. In the user interface of the software, choose USB device and click "Begin burning" button to make a USB password disk.
3. Boot the locked computer from the USB password disk.
Tips: As this step is difficult in some way and easy to be operated incorrectly, please execute it carefully.
Steps to boot the locked computer from the USB drive:
3.1 Connect the USB boot drive to the locked computer.
3.2 Start or Restart the locked computer, when the vendor logo appears, press the Boot Menu Key (See Image1) until the Boot Menu (See Image2) appears, then choose the USB drive to boot from. More information, please see How to set a computer boot from USB drive. If the locked computer fails to boot from the USB disk, please try it again or even a few more times.
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Image 2:
4. Unlock the locked computer with iSunshare software.
When you see the windows of iSunshare password software, choose the locked account and click the Reset button to remove its password. Then click the Reboot button to reboot the unlocked computer. Now, it's time for you to login the computer without the password.
Are you looking for a free way to get into a locked laptop or computer without a password? Here is that. Compared with resetting the password with software, it's a bit difficult to use this way to reset passwords for the first time. However, you may be familiar with it after several usages.
Although resetting the password with Op-hcrack or Ch-ntpw is also free of change, they fail to complete the password reset on new computers usually, which is the reason that I recommend to reset password with a Windows PE/setup disk, but not with Op-hcrack or Ch-ntpw.
First, Create a Windows PE disk or Windows setup disk.
Tips: The setup disk of Windows 8/7 also can be used to reset the password, but the Windows 10 setup disk is more recommended because its compatibility is better than that of the Windows 8/7 setup disk.
Next, boot the locked computer from the USB setup/PE disk, please refer to the content- Boot from USB drive in Way 1.
After that, open the Command Prompt. If you choose the Windows setup disk as the tool, you can press Shift+F10 to access the Command Prompt. When the Windows PE disk is selected, the Command Prompt will show directly. Then run the following commands to rename cmd.exe to narrator.exe. (c: is the system disk)
At last, on the login screen, click the utilman icon-
, choose "Narrator" and run the commands in the screenshot below to unlock the locked account, then you can login your computer with the new password.
Note: Don't forget to boot your unlocked computer from the Windows PE/setup disk again and enter the Command Prompt to undo the rename operations. The rename commands are as follows:
ren narrator.exe cmd.exe
ren narrator.exe.bak narrator.exe
Besides, restoring laptop to factory mode could also help you unlock a locked laptop, although it is not recommended, compared with the methods above. But if you have the following situations, you can try to use this method.
And about how to restore different kinds of laptops to factory settings, please navigate to the article. https://www.isunshare.com/blog/category /factory-reset-laptop/
In a word, so many ways are available for you to unlock the laptop after forgetting its password. But if you want to solve this problem easily and without any damage to your laptop, only password reset disk and iSunshare Windows Password Genius are recommended for all kinds of Windows laptops.
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