How to bypass password on HP laptop when you forget the password? In this post, we’ll show you methods to bypass password on Windows PC and how change password on HP laptop without log in.
People nowadays place a high value on the security of their computers and the personal data stored on them. Users are always advised to choose a complicated password with a high-security level for their computers in order to secure their data from unwanted access. Yet, many individuals forget the difficult password and require password bypass on HP laptop to access Windows.
Thus, in this article, we list 3 situations where many people may wish to bypass or reset HP laptop password. And suitable methods are also offered under each situation.
The techniques to overcome HP laptop password on Windows 10, Windows 8, or Windows 7 are similar, so simply follow the steps according to your specific needs to proceed regardless of the system version on your HP.
Use method 1 if you have a Microsoft account; method 2 only works with a local account.
▶ Method 1. Use "netplwiz" to bypass HP laptop password
Step 1. Log into the system, and press the "Windows + R" key to open Run.
Step 2. On the Run text box type in: netplwiz and press Enter to open User Accounts.
Step 3. On the Users tab, uncheck the check box beside "Users must enter a username and password to use this computer", click on Apply, and then enter your current username and password to confirm it.
Step 4. At last, click on OK to close the User Accounts window, and restart your laptop, and then you will find that you get into your HP laptop without a password automatically.
▶ Method 2. Change password with "Ctrl + Alt + Del" key
Step 1. Log into the system with the current password, and press the "Ctrl + Alt + Del" keys at the same time.
Step 2. Select "Change a password".
Step 3. Enter your Old password, and leave the Current password and Confirm password text box empty, and press Enter.
Step 4. Sign out and sign in again, and you will find you don't need to enter the password anymore.
If you still can log into the system with another account except for the admin account, you can choose a method, in this case, to bypass password on HP laptop
▶ Method 1. Remove password with command lines
For local account users, you can refer to this way.
Step 1. Get into your HP laptop with other accounts that have administrator privileges.
Step 2. On the search box type in: cmd.
Step 3. On the search result, please right-click on Command Prompt, and select "Run as administrator".
Step 4. On the Command Prompt, type in the command: net user [username]"", and press Enter. It will remove the password for the target user account.
▶ Method 2. Recover Microsoft account password online
Step 1. Open your browser, and go to the official site: https://login.live.com/
Step 2. Enter your email account, and click on Next.
Step 3. Click on the link “Forgot my password”.
Step 4. You will need to enter your email for receiving a verification code, type the code and select “Next”.
Step 5. Then you can follow the instructions to recover your Microsoft account password.
If you can’t even enter the HP laptop, and you’re a local account user, then sadly, you might need to choose between factory resetting your HP laptop, or using a third-party tool to reset/remove password.
▶ Method 1. Factory reset HP laptop without password
Step 1. Confirm power on your laptop, boot your computer, and immediately press the “F11” key repeatedly from your keyboard until you find the “Choose an option” on the screen. Hit the “Troubleshoot.”
Step 2. From the Troubleshoot menu, choose “Recovery Manager.”
Step 3. When the Manager program appears on the HP laptop screen, click on the “System Recovery” option.
Step 4. On the next screen, you can pick any one option to proceed, and click on “Next” to proceed.
Step 5. Hit “Continue” to start the recovery process.
▶ Method 2. Bypass password on HP laptop with a password reset USB
Another way to enter HP laptop without a password is to use the password reset tool to create a password reset USB to remove or reset your HP laptop password.
To avoid all limitations of Windows versions, and device requirements, we suggest you choose AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional. All functions of this tool support Windows 11/10/8/8.1/7/XP/Vista. The “Reset Password” function can help all Windows PC users conveniently reset or remove admin and common users’ passwords.
Now, let’s reset or remove your HP laptop password.
◤ Stage 1. Create password reset USB
Step 1. Plug a USB into your computer and launch the installed AOMEI Partition Assistant. Select "Tools"> “Reset Windows Password” in the main interface.
Step 2. There will be a pop-up window that notices you to create a WinPE bootable media. Read the guidance and then click “Next”.
Step 3. Three ways are available to create bootable media based on Windows PE. Choose the USB.
Step 4. The USB flash drive requires to be formatted, and all the data will be erased in this step. Please make a backup of your important data.
◤ Stage 2. Reset/remove password for target HP laptop
Step 1. After the process finishing, please start the PC that you hope to remove the password from the flash drive. Choose the Windows system and click “Next”.
Note: Don’t forget to enter BIOS to change the boot order under the menu, and then you can boot from the Windows PE USB flash drive, CD, or DVD.
Step 2. Choose the target account, and select the choice you hope to operate.
Step 3. You can see two choices here: Remove Account Password and Reset the Account Password. If you choose to reset the password, after clicking, you can input the new password and confirm it to reset. And then select “Yes” to start the operation.
When you complete the operations, you can click “Reboot Computer”, unplug the USB drive from your HP laptop to restart, and enter Windows with a new password.
This article shows you how to bypass password on HP laptop. If you forgot your HP laptop password and you don’t want to lose all your data, AOMEI Partition Assistant can give the best solution. Besides resetting password, this multifunctional software can also help you upgrade the disk without reinstalling the system and apps, monitor disk health, convert a disk to MBT/GPT without data loss, release C drive space…