Questions tagged [password-recovery]
For information on retrieving or resetting passwords
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Alternative Windows 10 password
A friend not comfortable with computers has run into a problem. As I understand it, her computer is set up to require a local account password, but has stopped recognising her local account password. ...
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Forgot user & pass on Debian laptop
The hard drive is encrypted and I do remember that password thankfully, so I can get to the login screen, but both the username and password I've forgotten. How do I determine the username and maybe ...
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Remove Win 10 password - not required but forgotten [duplicate]
My dad's laptop apparently has a password for Windows 10 but he doesn't need to enter it on start up - the password screen flashes by briefly with it already filled in. However, while trying to change ...
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Reset / Retrieve BIOS admin password on a laptop (Asus UX430UA)
I need to remove the admin password in the BIOS in a ASUS UX430UA laptop.
I am running dual-boot with Windows 10 64bit and kubuntu.
I tried using CMOS De-Animator 2 and 3 through windows, but neither ...
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How to Reset windows 10 password using PIN code
I am already logged in to my windows 10 and trying to restore an older backup image
When I did that, it asked me for my password which I have never used because I have been using my PIN.
I want to ...
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pulling hashes from system/sam files after windows anniversary update
Recently I got locked out from my admin account on my acer nitro v laptop running windows 10
I managed to get a kali usb disk but I discovered samdump no longer extracts hashes properly(it returns ...
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Unusual behaviour with a passworded rar being invalid password in winrar but falsely accepted in 7zip
I found an old .rar file on my computer but I couldn't remember the password exactly. I had a rough idea of what it was, so I wrote a program using 7ziplib in c# to brute force a bunch of permutations....
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How do I reset another user’s password on Windows 10?
I’m troubleshooting a standard user’s account. She has forgot her password and I’m trying to change the password but there’s no options
My method was
Home > Control Panel > User Accounts > User ...
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How can I get Chrome passwords from an SSD?
Is it possible to get passwords from an inactive user profile directory? The user is not synced, I only have the SSD of the original system. Copying the profile directory into a live install doesn’t ...
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Lenovo Thinkpad Unknown Password
A Lenovo ThinkPad has an unexplained password prompt that appears after POST.
Even when I go to the BIOS I still have to go through this password.
I have tried turning all passwords I could find in ...
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Cannot Unlock ATA Security Locked Hard Drive Locked During Secure Erase
As stated in the title, I’ve got an ATA security-locked hard drive that I cannot seem to unlock. The locking happened after I started an ATA security-enhanced erase from Ubuntu’s Disks utility. The ...
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Toshiba Satellite L70-C bios password reset
I need to reset the bios on a Toshiba Satellite L70-C.
The computer was taken to a repair shop before they got me to look at it and someone there removed the cmos battery and didn't put it back... ...
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Is there a way to get my old passwords from the Have I Been Pwned website?
I have an old device I am trying to get access to but I have forgotten my password.
I would like to try my pwned passwords that are in the Have I Been Pwned database.
Is there a way to get my old ...
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How do I reset Aspire E5-571G Insyde BIOS supervisor password?
Problem: BIOS supervisor password that is forgotten.
Manufacturer: Acer
Model: Aspire E5-571G
Architecture: 64 bit
OS: Win 10
Motherboard: Acer EA50_HB(U3E1)
BIOS.ver: Insyde Corp.V1....
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Can't Reach Remote Desktop Web Page Where I Change My Password
It used to be that if anyone's password expired on the cloud server that my clients RDP into daily, I'd have them visit https://servername/RDWeb/Pages and go through the steps there to change their ...
