As it happens, I lost the password to my admin account on win7. It was the only admin account on the machine, so logging in with another account isn't an option.  Now, normally this would't be an issue: I'll either use a livecd or the sethc backdoor. Having no livecd at hand (just when I need it), I go into the recovery option on boot, and discover there is a password set. Ugh.  As there is no accessible admin account, I can't even remove it through the registry. Is there another way to get an elevated console like through WinRE, or remove the WinRE password requirement?
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I got a brand new Windows 7 machine, installed the operating system, created one account and forgot its password. What can I do?  There is no external CD, the operating system is loaded from somewhere inside the machine.  I already tried to remember passwords and tried all candidates with all possible combinations of caps lock, num lock etc.
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I've been reading . Apparently I would gain root access if I hold down enter (somewhere) for 70 seconds. I tried it on a password prompt but it gave me like 3 attempts and stopped. I tried it on a tty but it didn't work also. Am I not vulnerable or am I doing it wrong?
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How can I recover a password for an Outlook 2007 account?
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I accidentally disabled my admin account.  After I login to another account I found I can not get admin rights, because all admin accounts on my computer are disabled.  I clicked on 'run as administrator' but only see a smart card choice (all the admin accounts are disabled so no choice provided)    I don't want to re-install my OS, help!    Details:  I have account A on my computer.    I got a new computer so I want to give the old one to my mother.    Creating a new user account B for her and disable account A.    Logout and restart.    Successfully login B, now I found I could not get admin rights because no account choice is provided.    More informations about my machine:  OS is Windows 10 and my admin account is a Microsoft Account.  I have an arch-linux installed on my computer and dual-boot it using GRUB, so maybe I can not use safe mode.
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Ideally, this can be done for a non-virtual installation of Windows 7 and without the use of an RDP client connection.  There are numerous blog posts, , etc that include screen shots of the Windows 7 logon screen... how did they do it?
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I recently setup a new computer for my parents with windows 10 home. I made two local accounts for them - no microsoft accounts. I also would like to keep them without a password. Problem is now that windows automatically signs in with the last used account. No lock/login screen.  I tried a number of answers from similar questions here but none worked. Since it's a home version there are no group policies and the method using task scheduler does not work because accounts with no password are not allowed to create such tasks.  Are there other options to force windows to show a user list on startup without setting passwords for the accounts?
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I have a windows 7 user who belongs to admin group. I want to execute sc command that requires admin privileges. I DON'T want to open an elevated cmd, want to be able to simply Win+R->Enter command, enter password and that's all. I tried the runas command, but it doesn't seem to work:  &gt;runas /user:me "cmd"   and it asks for a password, and then the command is executed with normal privileges. I know I could use /user:administrator but I don't know the admin pass and I think the admin user (me) should work.
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I was reading some blog and I found that I can manually start GUI by issuing this command sudo startx, so I did that. I did it in the terminal with the GUI already running. Now I'm unable to login to my user account.  Before that my PC used to boot straight into my account without asking for the password (without even showing the GRUB menu since I have only Ubuntu 12.04 installed on my PC). But now it boots and lands in a screen (without showing the GRUB menu) which displays my user account along with the Guest account. When I choose my account, it asks for the password. I entered the password but it comes back again to the same screen without any response. I am damn sure that the password that I entered was right. When I choose the Guest account, everything goes well. Now I have access only to the Guest account.  I have read the answer in  and run the command rm ~/.Xauthority but it says there is no such file. Can anyone help me. Thanks very much!!
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I know the password to the RAR file as I locked it myself. Is there a way to do this in WinRAR or an equivalent program? The only thing I knew to do was to extract it, then create a new RAR without the password.
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How to password protect Grub menu from the ro recovery nomodeset command. I want it to where no one unless you have the password to make changes to the menu to try to get into recovery.grub
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I am using a cloned hard drive in attempts to restore some old files.   The cloned drive has 2 users, one with an encrypted home drive, one without. Both are administrators. When I couldn't get into the main user (with the encrypted home directory), I logged in as the 2nd user and changed the password.   It seems that I somehow broke the relationship between the encryption passphrase and the user. I'm pretty sure I have the passphrase. Is there a way to get to the data?
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I disabled the Remove Change Password but the change password option is still not showing with Ctrl-Alt-Del.  How do I get it back?   I need it badly because there is a domain where I connect only via VPN and have no access to any servers except the DCs.   (Why must Microsoft make things more difficult instead of easier?)    My policy setting for this item is:
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The TweakUI powertoy for Windows XP had an option to auto-login. It stored your password and did the login for you. This was useful, since you kept password protection, but had login programs loaded when you first booted.  When you switched users or hibernated, it would still ask for a password, which is the desired behavior.  Is there a way of doing this in Windows 7?
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I just tried to access a folder like so:  \\somecomputeronmynetwork\somelocation$   When going to this location I'm prompted for a user name and password.  I put one in, and it let me in fine.  Now I need to remove that login, so I can try a different user name and password.  What's the easiest way to do this?
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I have two User Accounts for my Windows 7 with no password requirement. I frequently use one of those accounts; so I would like Windows to log-on automatically with that account without the need for user input.  P.S. I don't prefer installing/using a third-party software for that purpose; especially those that place at low levels before Windows log-on.
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Recently one of my friends came over to my place, within 15 minutes he hacked my account using a Live CD and reset the password in front of me. I was baffled to see such a thing. Please guide me to prevent such a future attempt using a Live CD.
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I have a HD protected by Bitlocker. Login, password and restorekey are unknown and all I want to do is wipe the whole drive. When I try to boot from a windows installation cd I have no access to the drive since it asks for the restore key I don't have.  Is there a way to format the whole drive to make it usable again?