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I installed Windows 8 on my mother's notebook, she typed a new password for her and she lost it, she can't remember what she typed and no notes about it were made(my fault), now her Windows 8 installation just keep locked on logon/password screen.

How can I change the Windows 8 password for her account, reset the password or recovery the password without needing to reinstall entire Windows 8?

Could I just create another new account on the same computer from the safe mode or something like this?

PS: No live account was related to her Windows 8 account as far no account was registered on Windows 8 Store.

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Diogo
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Checkout Hirens bootdisk. http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd

I've made several custom bootdisks for various troubleshooting situations. There are a variety of password reset utilities you can use along with a plethora of other useful utilities.

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Boot to a live cd, navigate to c:\windows\system32\, rename osk.exe to osk1.exe, rename cmd.exe to osk.exe, boot to windows and use utility manager menu in the lower left to launch on screen keyboard, this actually gives you a command prompt. Type compmgmt.msc at the prompt and then in users and groups make any changes you wish. Do not forget to rename the files back

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Windows 8 cannot be booted in safe mode in this scenario unless you had legacy boot enabled.

I.e. run bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy in elevated command prompt. What can be tried is resetting the password online if in case of a Microsoft account; else, booting into recovery environment and then replacing osk.exe with cmd.exe can be helpful after booting from Windows 8 disc.

Further details about resetting the password for Windows 8 can be found at Reset Windows 8 password.

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