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Windows 8 Password How to Remove Startup Password If Remember It

How to Remove Startup Password If Remember It

By Achilles Hill | Last Updated

If you want to remove Startup Password from your computer when you remember it, you can make your goal come true by means of either of the following two methods.

Way 1: Reset the Startup Password as an empty password.

Step 1: Open the Search bar by Windows Logo Key+F, type syskey in the blank box, choose Apps and click syskey in the results.

open syskey by search

Tip: You can also open syskey through the Run app.

Step 2: Select Yes in the User Account Control dialog box to move on.

select Yes

Step 3: In the next window, click the Update button.

click Update button

Step 4: As the Startup Key window shows up, directly click OK, leaving the password entry boxes blank.

tap OK

Step 5: When the Windows Startup Password dialog box appears, enter the current password and tap OK.

enter current password

Tip: By use of this method, the Startup Password window (see the following picture) will show up during the computer startup process, but you can bypass it without entering any password.

startup password window

Way 2: Remove the Startup Password by changing it into a System Generated Password.

Step 1: Open the Startup Key window according to the first three procedures of Way 1.

Step 2: Choose System Generated Password, make sure Store Startup Key Locally is selected and click OK.

choose system generated password

Step 3: In the Windows Startup Password window, input the current password and choose OK.

input current password

Tip: With this method, no Startup Password window will show up during the startup.

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