Acer Iconia W700 password lost? Forgot Windows 8 tablet password? It is an issue that all of us have experienced sometimes. In this article, I will introduce an easy way for you to reset Acer Iconia tablet forgotten password.
First, you need a bootable USB reset disk. If you have possessed one, just connect it to the locked Acer Iconia Windows 8 tablet and reset the forgotten password with it. If not, you have to create a bootable password recovery drive. Here are step-by-step operations on Acer Iconia password reset.
How to Reset Forgotten Password on Acer Iconia W700 Windows 8 Tablet?
1. Get Windows Password Genius Advanced utility from iSunshare website. Click the EXE file and install it on another PC you can access.
2. After software installation, open the installation file, you will find an ISO file named windows_password_genius_advanced_trial. It is used to burn a password reset disk.
3. Burn Windows password reset disk
There are two ways to burn a reset disk for Windows 8 password recovery.
- Way 1: Run the Windows Password recovery software to burn a USB password reset disk. Click the icon Windows Password Genius Advanced, insert a bootable USB drive into an accessible PC, and choose to create a password reset disk with the USB device. Click “Begin burning” and after a few seconds, the “Successfully burning” message will prompt you that you have burned a bootable password reset disk with the USB device.
- Way 2: Burn Windows password reset disk with third-party software
In step 2, the ISO file is the image file you can save to burn password reset disk every time and everywhere. Run the UltraISO software, Open the ISO file, select Tools option and choose to Create a disc image file. Following the wizard, you will successfully create a password reset disk.
4. Connect bootable USB reset disk to Acer Iconia tablet
It means that the Acer Iconia tablet has to boot from the USB device. Shut down the Acer Iconia tablet. Insert the USB drive, press Windows button and hold down Power button together. When the machine starts, press F2. Windows prompts you with a message “Loading windows files…”. This will display BIOS settings program. Change the boot order to boot from the USB device. Save these changes and turn on the Acer Iconia tablet.
5. The Acer tablet starts with the Windows PE system. After that, Windows Password Genius Advanced utility automatically runs on the Acer tablet and downloads the Windows 8 operational system. All the accounts and passwords are listed on the window. Choose the account you want to change its password and click Reset Password.
Exit the USB disk and reboot the Acer Iconia Windows 8 tablet, and you can login Windows OS without the password.
Isn’t it easy? Just try to do as the introduction above, the forgotten Windows 8 password will be recovered.