Forgot my main password!

Hisqueen805

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Okay so here's my situation.

My husband's friend installed windows 8 onto my computer, recently the "windows is about to expire" message popped up. It was set to expire July 13. So I signed up to get Windows 10, which will be released July 29. I researched what I can do to get rid of the expiring message. So I did this.. I went to command prompt, and typed "slmgr - rearm" since then the message stopped popping up but my windows is no longer active witch will prevent me from getting Windows 10.
Soo now here I am trying completely do a system recovery but I forgot my main password. Not the one we use to log on to the computer but the one I typed when I FIRST set it up. I don't know what to do! :cry:
Can anyone pleassee help!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1
Soo now here I am trying completely do a system recovery but I forgot my main password.

How do you Reset your PC if you don't know an administrator password? -> link
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo G580
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-3230M
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics 4000
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, standard user account
    Other Info
    UEFI firmware (BIOS) embedded Windows 8 product key.
Click/tap on the Power button at the bottom right corner, press and hold the Shift key, and click/tap on Restart. (see screenshots below)



Reset-A.jpg
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo G580
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-3230M
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics 4000
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, standard user account
    Other Info
    UEFI firmware (BIOS) embedded Windows 8 product key.
Yess i click on that section as noted above. We did figure out the password but it's not letting us to do recovery because we don't have the disk. Any suggestions?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1
Do you have a product key for Windows 8/8.1 ?

How to download and clean install Windows 8.1 -> link
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo G580
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-3230M
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics 4000
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, standard user account
    Other Info
    UEFI firmware (BIOS) embedded Windows 8 product key.
My husband's friend installed the windows 8 onto my computer

Ask him to reinstall Windows 8/8.1 for you or ask for installation media.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo G580
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-3230M
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics 4000
    Browser
    Microsoft Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender, standard user account
    Other Info
    UEFI firmware (BIOS) embedded Windows 8 product key.
Run this script contained in this zip file. It will tell you the key Windows 8 was installed with since it did not come with the computer.

View attachment ShowKey v1.3.vbs.zip

Output will look like this:

SHOWKEY.jpg
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro X64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo IdeaCenter K450
    CPU
    Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Integrated HD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP h2207
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050@59Hz
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD;
    2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2;
    1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
    PSU
    500W
    Keyboard
    Wired USB
    Mouse
    Wired USB
    Internet Speed
    3GB Up, 30GB Down
    Browser
    SeaMonkey
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender; MBAM Pro
    Other Info
    UEFI/GPT
    PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH
Run this script contained in this zip file. It will tell you the key Windows 8 was installed with since it did not come with the computer.

View attachment 63021


Output will look like this:

View attachment 63022


This is what came up and I'm not sure why the key looks like this. I believe it might be because of the command prompt action (I typed smgr -rearm into the command prompt) I did,
I am beginning to think the computer is completely ruined and I need a new one :cry: :cry::cry:

keyss.jpg
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro X64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo IdeaCenter K450
    CPU
    Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Integrated HD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP h2207
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050@59Hz
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD;
    2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2;
    1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
    PSU
    500W
    Keyboard
    Wired USB
    Mouse
    Wired USB
    Internet Speed
    3GB Up, 30GB Down
    Browser
    SeaMonkey
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender; MBAM Pro
    Other Info
    UEFI/GPT
    PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH
Run this script contained in this zip file. It will tell you the key Windows 8 was installed with since it did not come with the computer.

View attachment 63021


Output will look like this:

View attachment 63022


This is what came up and I'm not sure why the key looks like this. I believe it might be because of the command prompt action (I typed smgr -rearm into the command prompt) I did,
I am beginning to think the computer is completely ruined and I need a new one :cry: :cry::cry:

View attachment 63023

Not quite sure if its the solution for you, but google for something called KonBoot, should help you, did help me when i had lost mine.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel i5 4440 Quad Core 3.1GHz
    Motherboard
    ASROCK EXTREME4 Z97
    Memory
    18432 MB (18 GB) DDR3 RAM
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 STRIX x2 SLI
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio Manager (Integrated Sound Card)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung S22D390, Oculus Rift DK2
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080, 32bit ; 1080x1920 (Oculus Rift)
    Hard Drives
    INT1: MTFDDAK256MAY-1AH12ABHA 256GB SSD
    INT2: WDC WD30EURS-63SPKY0 3000GB HDD
    PSU
    EVGA SUPERNOVA 750B1
    Case
    NZXT Phantom 820 White
    Cooling
    CPU: NZXT Kraken X61, Case: Front: 1x 200mm, Rear: 1x 120mm, Top: 2x 200mm, Side: 1x 200mm
    Keyboard
    Logitech Orion Spark
    Mouse
    SpeedLink DECUS
    Internet Speed
    100 MBP/s Download and 10 MBP/s Upload. 8 MS Ping
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
    Other Info
    Using two programs that modify audio.
    1: Viper4Windows for better sound quality and bass regulations and that.
    2: MorphVOX Pro to modify the voice and use soundboards.
"The key finder I tried only found BBBBB-BBBBB-BBBBB-BBBBB-BBBBB"

Some editions of Windows (and some other Microsoft products) are made available via what's called a volume license. In these types of distributions, a product key is shared among anywhere from five to thousands of software installations, depending on the license, so product verification is handled differently.

Basically, this means that your product key is not stored in the registry and no product key finder program will be able to find it. You can't find something that isn't there. Your best bet in this situation is to contact the provider of your copy of Windows and ask for a replacement product key.

You can read more about product key and product activation with Microsoft's volume licensing system here.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro X64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo IdeaCenter K450
    CPU
    Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Integrated HD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP h2207
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050@59Hz
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD;
    2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2;
    1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
    PSU
    500W
    Keyboard
    Wired USB
    Mouse
    Wired USB
    Internet Speed
    3GB Up, 30GB Down
    Browser
    SeaMonkey
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender; MBAM Pro
    Other Info
    UEFI/GPT
    PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH
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