Windows 10 password recovery - Teh Forum

<body> <div id="header"> <span class="left"> <span class="back"><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT"><span class="image mobile_back" title="Back"></span></a></span> <span class="image mobile_logo" title="Beehive Forum Logo"></span> </span> <ul> <li> <a class="reply_all" href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41813.0&return_msg=41813.2"> <span class="image mobile_reply_all"></span><span class="text">Reply to All</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="navigation" href="#"> <span class="image mobile_navigation"></span><span class="text">Show messages</span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="main" href="#"><span class="image mobile_menu" title="Menu"></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu main"> <ul> <li><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Messages</a></li> <li><a href="lpm.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Inbox</a></li> <li><a href="lsearch.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Search</a></li> <li><a href="llogon.php?webtag=DEFAULT">Login</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="menu navigation"><a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41813.1">1–6</a></div> <div id="page_content"> <h3 class="thread_title"><a href="index.php?webtag=DEFAULT&amp;msg=41813.2">Windows 10 password recovery</a> </h3> <div id="messages" data-navigation="41813_2_6_10"> <a name="a41813_2"></a><div class="message" id="message_41813_2"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Monsoir (PILOTDAN)<span class="message_time"> 7 Oct 2016 16:44</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 8 Oct 2016 11:36"></span></span> <span class="message_count">2 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41813.2">41813.2</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41813.1">41813.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> At the end of the day, if your hardware is compromised then you have to consider the accounts just a matter of time. So long as an attacker can get to the hard drive they're going to be able to get in.<br /><br /> Which is why we should all be using BitLocker nowadays.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41813.2&return_msg=41813.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41813.2"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41813_3"></a><div class="message" id="message_41813_3"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Drew (X3N0PH0N)<span class="message_time"> 7 Oct 2016 17:30</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 8 Oct 2016 11:36"></span></span> <span class="message_count">3 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41813.3">41813.3</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41813.1">41813.1</a></div> <div class="message_body"> If you've got physical access to the machine then passwords aren't going to do shit on any OS. This (the second approach) is not dissimilar from setting init=bash on Linux (or similar on other Unices).<br /><br /> If I actually had sensitive data, I wouldn't trust a proprietary encryption tool like Bitlocker for a second, though.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41813.3&return_msg=41813.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41813.3"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41813_4"></a><div class="message" id="message_41813_4"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Peter (BOUGHTONP)<span class="message_time"> 7 Oct 2016 21:58</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Monsoir (PILOTDAN) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 17 Nov 2016 09:07"></span></span> <span class="message_count">4 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41813.4">41813.4</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41813.2#a41813_2" target="_self">41813.2</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Why bother getting physical when you can just go direct to Microsoft's servers? <p><i>> ONE OF THE EXCELLENT FEATURES of new Windows devices is that disk encryption <br />> is built-in and turned on by default, protecting your data in case your device is lost <br />> or stolen. But what is less well-known is that, if you are like most users and login to <br />> Windows 10 using your Microsoft account, <b>your computer automatically uploaded a <br />> copy of your recovery key to Microsoft’s servers</b>, probably without your knowledge <br />> and without an option to opt out.</i> </p><p><small>Source: <a href="https://theintercept.com/2015/12/28/recently-bought-a-windows-computer-microsoft-probably-has-your-encryption-key/">https://theintercept.com/2015/12/28/recently-bought-a-windows-computer-microsoft-probably-has-your-encryption-key/</a></small><br /></p><br /><p>Of course, what's <em>not</em> so excellent a feature is what this means for recovering data from an encrypted disk that a user may have had no need to be encrypted.</p></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41813.4&return_msg=41813.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41813.4"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41813_5"></a><div class="message" id="message_41813_5"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)<span class="message_time"> 8 Oct 2016 17:07</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Drew (X3N0PH0N) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 8 Oct 2016 18:35"></span></span> <span class="message_count">5 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41813.5">41813.5</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41813.2#a41813_3" target="_self">41813.3</a></div> <div class="message_body"> If all you want to do is recover unencrypted data then yeah, boot from a linux dvd/usb. In this case I needed to recover the user's account access by resetting his password.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41813.5&return_msg=41813.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41813.5"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41813_6"></a><div class="message" id="message_41813_6"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: honvezel<span class="message_time">15 Nov 2016 07:17</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: CHYRON (DSMITHHFX) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 15 Nov 2016 16:23"></span></span> <span class="message_count">6 of 6</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41813.6">41813.6</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41813.2#a41813_5" target="_self">41813.5</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Can't boot from USB after making a bootable disk. what is the problem?<div class="edit_text">APPROVED: 27 Jan 2017 06:27 by MATT</div> </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41813.6&return_msg=41813.2" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41813.6"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> </div> </body>