Windows 8 password not working, help please?

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It is so odd, I turned the computer on and entered the same password I have had for ages and it did not work, thinking id hit a different key, I tried again, still did not work.

I typed slowly and noticed in the type box it will only allow me to type 6 characters, my password is 8. I kept trying and to no avail, I typed my password again in full and although only 6 characters displayed I thought it had let me in as it said "Welcome" as it usually does when you log in, then again, incorrect password.

It is so odd as no one on earth has access to the computer other than me, the password has not been changed, nor was the caps lock on, I cannot understand why i cannot type more than 6 characters, when there has never been any problem before and also the laptop im using now has a 12 character password with numbers and caps and it logged me in fine. 
It appears to leg me in and then comes up as incorrect password.

Any hints to what could have happened or should I smash it to bits with a hammer out of sheer frustration!!

PS my windows live and windows 8 passwords are exactly the same, so no mistaking which one.

Eightygalaxy · Accepted Answer

It depends on one big thing: 
If your windows 8 login is linked to your live account.

If it is not, you have a local account. For this you just need to find a way to access the Admin account and remove the password from yours. You might be able to find something that will do this for you online, or you could take it to a computer shop (I know that Best Buy can do it for $30) and they can enable the admin and remove the password.

If it is linked to your Live account your options are limited. There are only 2 ways that I know of:
1. You can try giving Microsoft a call to see if there's anything they can do to help you.
2. Reset your machine back to factory defaults. THIS WILL ERASE ALL OF YOUR DATA!!!!
     To do this:
      1. When your computer is at the login screen hold down the lefty shift key.
      2. While still holding the shift key, click on the restart button. This should boot you to a blue screen with a bunch of boxes on it.
      3. Click on troubleshoot
      4. Click on reset
      5. Click "only the drive where windows is installed"
      6. Click "only remove my files" (if you click fully clean the drive you will be waiting MUCH longer)

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