When someone only has a Microsoft account in Windows 10 (not local) and they do not have access to the email in that account, what is your method of getting back in? Is there any way to create another admin account without third party tools or resetting windows?
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sapphirescales
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I can confirm that this works with Windows 8 and 10 Microsoft accounts:
http://www.pcunlocker.com/
Took me forever to find a program that actually does this. You have to disable UEFI boot though in order to use it. I would LOVE to find a program that supports UEFI that clears Microsoft Accounts.
http://www.pcunlocker.com/
Took me forever to find a program that actually does this. You have to disable UEFI boot though in order to use it. I would LOVE to find a program that supports UEFI that clears Microsoft Accounts.
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I use a dirty trick.
I boot the machine to Linux, get into windows\system32, rename utilman.exe to utilman_old.exe, copy cmd.exe to utilman.exe then reboot to Windows.
Now you when you click on the accessibility icon on the Welcome screen, you get an admin command prompt.
This to add an account: net user admin 1234 /add
That creates a user account of admin with a password of 1234.
net localgroup administrators admin /add
That adds the admin account to the local administrators group
Reboot and login as admin, if you have full control you once again boot into Linux and undo the damage you did to utilman.exe, just delete the file and rename the _old.
This process works on all known versions of Windows.
I boot the machine to Linux, get into windows\system32, rename utilman.exe to utilman_old.exe, copy cmd.exe to utilman.exe then reboot to Windows.
Now you when you click on the accessibility icon on the Welcome screen, you get an admin command prompt.
This to add an account: net user admin 1234 /add
That creates a user account of admin with a password of 1234.
net localgroup administrators admin /add
That adds the admin account to the local administrators group
Reboot and login as admin, if you have full control you once again boot into Linux and undo the damage you did to utilman.exe, just delete the file and rename the _old.
This process works on all known versions of Windows.
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Yes, that trick (and different variants of it) have been around forever. My favorite is replacing the file for sticky keys so all you have to do is hit the shift key 5 times. Same exact procedure, just a different method. The problem is, you can't clear another user's MICROSOFT account using this method - only local accounts. Active@PasswordChanger is great at clearing local accounts and it's free. I stopped using this trick many years ago. But now I have to use PCUnlocker to get past Microsoft accounts.
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Fabs and new profile using an email address they do have access to.
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^^^^^ That works too.
Use Fabs to migrate to a local profile and slap the user for using a cloud integrated account.
Use Fabs to migrate to a local profile and slap the user for using a cloud integrated account.
I just checked their website and apparently the Enterprise version for $50 supports UEFI boot. Can anyone confirm?
Another alternative. Not tested at all, just saying:
https://www.tenorshare.com/products/windows-password-recovery-tool-ult.html#
https://www.tenorshare.com/products/windows-password-recovery-tool-ult.html#
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Bought it and can confirm. Works like a charm. Well worth the $50 IMO as it will reset the password on any system MS account or not. It comes as an ISO though so you'll either need to burn it to a CD or convert it to a PTN file for use with E2B if you use that.
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Thanks! I didn't notice UEFI boot as a feature back when I bought it. Of course, this was several years ago. I wonder if they have upgrade pricing?
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Their paid higher priced software does UEFI. Can't do it from a E2B drive for some reason, but on its own on USB, will do it. I love it, because it will convert a Microsoft account back to a Local account too without the need to know the password on it.
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Yeap recommend PCUnlocker use it all the time
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If you want a free solution, build a WinPE with WOW64 support and use NTPasswrd Reset. Its an old 32 Bit app but will let you unlock Admin account.
Or learn how to do it manually via registry. https://4sysops.com/archives/offline-enable-the-windows-8-built-in-administrator-account/
Or learn how to do it manually via registry. https://4sysops.com/archives/offline-enable-the-windows-8-built-in-administrator-account/
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