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Resolved user locked out of their machine

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by cspgsl, 2017/01/19.

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    Another person I know fell victim to the MS Support scheme. Of course, when they wouldn't pay, a password was placed on the computer and the user is locked out.

    The last time this happened to someone I was able to break the PW they crook imposed by using Active Password Changer on my Hirens disk. I tried this today and it didn't work.

    There are 5 accounts on the machine: Administrator, Barry (the owner), Guest, Default Account and HomeGroupUser$

    I am wondering if breaking the password on any of the other accounts would do anything. I didn't want to try before posting here in case there was a better suggestion.

    Thanks for any input.
     
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