How do you unlock a laptop if password is forgot?

Answer 1

I once forgot my Dell laptop password on Windows 7. Finally I used Windows Password Key to unlock my computer. It can unlock other Windows passwords like Windows Vista/XP/8. Here are detailed steps below. Hope to help you.

1. Download Windows Password Key, install and launch it on another available PC. Inset a USB flash drive into it. Click "Burn".

2. Insert the newly created USB drive to the locked computer. Set USB drive as the first boot device in BIOS setup. This computer will reboot.

3. Reset your laptop password with the burned USB.

You can download it from lostwindowspassword.com
Go onto someone elses account. ( Always have a a guest account with no password) Control Panel\User Accounts and Family Safety's Accounts/ Manage another account

Answer 2

I'll only say the one for win7 not sure if this will work for win8:Get a windows install CD that has the option to open the recovery console(ie: windows 2000) boot it then open the recovery console and rename osk.exe to osk.exe.old and cmd.exe to osk.exe .remove the install CD and reboot. Open the on screen keyboard when you are on the login screen.

But you won't see an on screen keyboard but a command prompt and type

net user yourusernamehere newpasswordhere and then login using the password you set .and there you go you you have bypassed the password of your profile.

But there are disclaimers

Do not use this for illegal things

And you will lose access to any EFS encrypted

Files in your profile

Answer 3

you can't. you need to get the hard drive cloned and formatted by a professional.

Answer 4

The easiest way is to take it to a computer store and ask them to unlock it.