When you lose the HP Administrator password, you can know the proper ways to get into the HP computer in this article, including changing Microsoft password, Windows installation disk, password reset disk and a powerful disk password recovery tool.
“Is there a way to recover an Admin password for my HP laptop? I need to download something for my daughter and can’t, because I can’t remember my Admin password and unlock the HP laptop. How to reset HP laptop password? Please help, thank you.
- Question from answers.microsoft.com”
When you get a new HP computer, there is a default HP Administrator password- “password” or directly blank. With the enhancement of data security awareness, many users tend to change the default password to a complicated HP Administrator password.
The complex password can protect private data to a certain degree, but when you lose the Administrator password, the HP PC will become unavailable.
To effectively unlock the HP PC and perform common operations, resetting the lost Administrator password is of vital importance. Therefore, we will list 4 solutions to reset the HP Administrator password.
A difficult Administrator password can prevent strangers from hacking your HP PC, but it can be annoying when you lose the password. In this part, we aim to solve your problem of missing the HP Administrator password.
Microsoft account allows the user to log in the services like Outlook, Windows Phone, Xbox Live, and so on. If you set the Microsoft password as your HP Administrator password, you can easily reset the password on the Microsoft password reset page.
Step 1. Input the Email you left before (phone number/ Skype name), click “Next”.
Step 2. Tick “Email” and then click “Next” to verify your identification.
Step 3. Then you will turn to the interface of HP Administrator password resetting, reset the password and click “Next”.
If you have a Windows installation disk, this tool also can be useful for doing the HP Administrator password reset.
Step 1. Insert the Windows installation disk into your PC, then boot your HP PC from this disk. When you see the Windows installing screen, press “Shift +F10” to run CMD.
Step 2. Type “copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe c:\” and “copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe” in turn, press “Enter” every time. Then take out the installation disk, reboot the PC with “wpeutil reboot” command.
Step 3. When you see the logging-in interface, press “Shift” for 5 times to get into CMD. Type “net user cocosenor *” and press “Enter”. Directly press “Enter” can help you set the password blank.
Step 4. Restart the PC, you can unlock the HP PC without the password.
Password reset disk is created to reset the password for PC users, it can be convenient when you have created it before forgetting the HP Administrator password. But if you didn’t prepare it, you can skip to the next method.
Step 1. Insert the created password reset disk, click “Reset password” in the following interface.
Step 2. The Password Reset Disk will be popped out, read it and click “Next”.
Step 3. Choose the target disk and click “Next”.
Step 4. Reset the forgotten password under the guidance, click “Next”.
Step 5. When you finish changing the password, click “Finish”.
Since all the mentioned methods have limitations: CMD and Windows installation asks you to run difficult commands, and the password reset disk should be made before you lose the password. Therefore, to help you reset the HP Administrator password with ease, we find out AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional.
In Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP devices, you can enjoy the benefits of this powerful tool.
✌ Get away from viruses: this tool refuses to be bounded by any virus or malware. ✌ Friendly PC fixing wizard: this utility provides user-friendly guidance of all functions for PC users. ✌ Reset PC password: By creating a password reset USB, this tool can easily reset the Administrator password on HP laptop or other brands of laptop under Win PE. ✌ PC optimization: This software produces other PC managing functions, including Clone Disk, Delete large files, App Mover, Recover data, etc.
Step 1. Insert the prepared USB into another opened PC, install and open this tool, click “Tools” and “Reset Windows Password” one by one.
Step 2. In a new window, click “Next”.
Step 3. Choose “General USB Flash Disk” and click “Proceed”. When there are files stored on the USB, you can back the files up, because all data will be wiped when you perform this operation.
Step 4. Read the paragraph about making a bootable media and click “Yes”.
Step 5. When the password reset USB is created, click “Finish”.
Step 6. Turn off the USB from the computer, then insert it into the locked HP PC. Turn off the HP PC and restart it. Change the boot drive, boot the PC from the created USB, then you need to choose a Windows system and click “Next”.
Step 7. Select one account and tick “Reset Account Password”, hit “Next”.
Step 8. Input a new password and confirm it, click “Yes”.
Losing the HP Administrator password can lead to trouble for HP PC users. So this post provided 4 effective methods for users to reset the password and get into their PC.
By the way, to meet different users’ needs, AOMEI Partition Assistant also has the Server Version (for Windows Server users), Unlimited Version (for business groups) and Technician Edition.