Wednesday, November 23, 2011
How to Create a Password Reset Disk on a USB Flash Drive in Windows 8
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This will only create a password reset disk for the user account that is currently logged on when it is created.
When you create a password reset disk on a USB flash drive, it will create and add a userkey.psw file on the USB flash drive for the specific user account. You can move the userkey.psw file to another USB flash drive if you like, but you can only have one userkey.psw file on a USB flash drive.
When you create a password reset disk on a USB flash drive, it will create and add a userkey.psw file on the USB flash drive for the specific user account. You can move the userkey.psw file to another USB flash drive if you like, but you can only have one userkey.psw file on a USB flash drive.
Here's How:
1. Log on to the user account that you want to create a password reset disk for.
2. Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click on the User Accounts icon. (see screenshot below)
3. Connect a USB flash drive to your computer.
NOTE: The USB flash drive will not be formatted during the creation of the password reset disk, so you can use one that already has data on it without worry.
4. In the left pane, click on the Create a password reset disk link. (see screenshot below)
5. Click on Next. (see screenshot below)
6. Select the USB flash drive from step 3, and click on Next. (see screenshot below)
7. Type in the password for the current user account, and click on Next. (see screenshot below)
8. If the USB flash drive already has been used previously to create a password reset disk on, then you will need to click on Yes or No to replace it with this one instead. (see screenshots below)
NOTE: If you click on Yes, then continue on to step 9. If you click on No, then you will need to use another USB flash drive instead.
9. When it's finished creating the password reset disk, click on Next. (see screenshot below)
10. Click on Finish. (see screenshot below)
11. You will now be able to use this password reset disk (USB flash drive) to reset your user account's password with on the log on screen if forgotten.
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