USB Recovery: Creating a USB recovery stick before you forget your password will help you reset windows 8 password.

Reset from another PC: If you use a Windows Live ID to login, you can reset your password from trusted PCs. Windows 8 can sync the credentials you've stored to all of the Windows 8 PCs that you register as your "Trusted PCs".

Two Factor Authentication: By linking your account to a secondary email address or a mobile phone, you can reset a lost password by proving you are the rightful owner of the account.

While you are waiting for windows 8 strong security, what can you do with windows 7 password reset at present when you forgot the password?

If you have not created a password reset disk in advance, third-party software could be your best helper.

You may find there are many windows password reset or recovery programs on the internet, including Ophcrack, Offline NT Password & Registry Editor, Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery etc.

According to test, Offline NT Password & Registry Editor is harder to operate than Ophcrack, but the interfaces of Ophcrack are more complex than Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery.

With only four steps, you can finish windows password reset by Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery.

Step 1: Download and install Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery.

Step 2: Burn a bootable password reset CD/DVD or USB flash drive with the ISO image file in software installation folder.

Step 3: Reboot locked computer from the burned CD/DVD/USB.

Step 4: Remove lost Windows password.

In addition, the software has three versions: standard edition can reset Windows 7, Vista, XP, NT, 2000 admin password by burning a password reset CD/DVD, professional edition can reset their password by CD/DVD and USB, and enterprise edition can also reset Domain Administrator password for Windows Server 2008 (R2), 2003(R2).

Though you can easily execute Windows password reset through third-party software, do not forget to create a password reset disk when you are able to login.