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Reset Windows Password USER MANUAL

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1. Introduction

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1.1 About the program ........................................................................................................................... 7

1.2 Features and benefits ....................................................................................................................... 7

1.3 System Requirements ....................................................................................................................... 8

2. Creating bootable environment

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2.1 3 simple steps to launching the application from a boot disk .................................................... 10

2.2 Creating RWP boot disk .................................................................................................................. 10

2.3 Changing BIOS/UEFI settings .......................................................................................................... 13

2.4 Running the program from the bootable CD/DVD/USB .............................................................. 17

2.5 Running the program using UEFI's boot media selection option ............................................... 20

3. Working with the program

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3.1 Main window ................................................................................................................................... 23

3.2 Local accounts ................................................................................................................................. 26

3.2.1

Reset user passwords ............................................................................................................... 26

3.2.2

Add new user account ............................................................................................................... 30

3.2.3

Edit user account properties ..................................................................................................... 32

3.2.4

Logon policy options ................................................................................................................. 35

3.2.5

Interface and system restriction policy ..................................................................................... 49

3.2.6

Password policy editor .............................................................................................................. 59

3.2.7

Dump password hashes ............................................................................................................ 62

3.2.8

Dump Windows Hello PIN ......................................................................................................... 63

3.2.9

Restoring previous modified password ..................................................................................... 65

3.3 Active Directory .............................................................................................................................. 68

3.3.1

Reset DSRM passwords ............................................................................................................ 68

3.3.2

Extract BitLocker recovery passwords ...................................................................................... 69

3.4 Domain accounts ............................................................................................................................. 71

3.4.1

Reset domain cached password ............................................................................................... 71

3.4.2

Dump domain cached passwords ............................................................................................. 75

3.5 Passwords ........................................................................................................................................ 76

3.5.1

Search for logon passwords ...................................................................................................... 76

3.5.1.1

Custom recovery .............................................................................................................................................................. 79

3.5.2

Search for domain cached passwords ....................................................................................... 82

3.5.2.1

Custom recovery .............................................................................................................................................................. 85

3.5.3

Decrypt Windows Hello credentials .......................................................................................... 88

3.5.4

Lookup PIN ................................................................................................................................. 90

3.5.4.1

Custom recovery .............................................................................................................................................................. 94

3.5.5

Search for SYSKEY startup password ......................................................................................... 96

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3.5.5.1

Custom recovery ............................................................................................................................................................ 102

3.5.6

Search for virtual machine passwords .................................................................................... 105

3.5.7

Search passwords for encrypted documents .......................................................................... 108

3.5.8

3.5.8.1 3.5.8.2 3.5.8.3 3.5.8.4

Search for Internet/mail/network passwords ......................................................................... 112

Search for Web passwords stored by Internet browsers ...................................................................................... 113 Search for mail passwords saved by email clients ................................................................................................ 115 Search LAN/WAN/RAS/DSL/VPN/WiFi and other network passwords ................................................................. 116 Search for wireless credentials .................................................................................................................................. 118

3.5.9

Search for lost product/CD keys .............................................................................................. 118

3.6 User activity ................................................................................................................................... 120

3.6.1

View recent user activity ......................................................................................................... 120

3.6.2

View logon history and statistics ............................................................................................ 124

3.6.3

Vew hardware history ............................................................................................................. 127

3.6.4

Vew software history .............................................................................................................. 130

3.6.5

Vew network history ................................................................................................................ 133

3.6.6

Search for recently opened documents ................................................................................... 136

3.6.7

View web history ..................................................................................................................... 138

3.6.8

User IP address history ........................................................................................................... 145

3.7 Forensics ......................................................................................................................................... 147

3.7.1

View program execution timeline ........................................................................................... 147

3.7.2

Windows activity timeline ....................................................................................................... 149

3.7.3

Windows Media forensics ....................................................................................................... 153

3.7.3.1

Image analysis ............................................................................................................................................................... 154

3.7.3.1.1 3.7.3.1.2 3.7.3.1.3 3.7.3.1.4 3.7.3.1.5 3.7.3.1.6 3.7.3.1.7 3.7.3.1.8 3.7.3.1.9 3.7.3.1.10 3.7.3.1.11 3.7.3.2

Images ....................................................................................................................................................................... 154 Faces .......................................................................................................................................................................... 156 Persons ...................................................................................................................................................................... 157 Tags ............................................................................................................................................................................ 158 Character recognition ............................................................................................................................................ 159 Locations ................................................................................................................................................................... 160 Dates taken ............................................................................................................................................................... 161 Camera models ........................................................................................................................................................ 162 Camera manufacturers .......................................................................................................................................... 163 Multimedia applications ....................................................................................................................................... 164 Albums ....................................................................................................................................................................... 165 Video analysis ............................................................................................................................................................... 165

3.7.3.2.1 3.7.3.2.2 3.7.3.2.3 3.7.3.2.4 3.7.3.2.5 3.7.3.2.6 3.7.3.3

Video items ............................................................................................................................................................... 166 Faces .......................................................................................................................................................................... 167 Persons ...................................................................................................................................................................... 168 Tags ............................................................................................................................................................................ 169 Dates produced ........................................................................................................................................................ 170 Albums ....................................................................................................................................................................... 171 User actions ................................................................................................................................................................... 171

3.7.3.3.1 3.7.3.3.2

Album views ............................................................................................................................................................. 172 File views .................................................................................................................................................................. 173

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3.7.3.3.3

Import history .......................................................................................................................................................... 174

3.7.3.3.4

Search history .......................................................................................................................................................... 175

3.7.3.3.5

Shared items ............................................................................................................................................................. 176

3.7.3.3.6

Printed items ............................................................................................................................................................ 177

3.7.4

Sticky notes ............................................................................................................................. 177

3.7.5

Camera and microphone access tracking ............................................................................... 180

3.7.6

Clipboard history ..................................................................................................................... 183

3.7.7

USB history .............................................................................................................................. 186

3.7.8

Recycle Bin history .................................................................................................................. 188

3.7.9

System resource usage monitor .............................................................................................. 189

3.7.10 Windows Search database explorer ........................................................................................ 193

3.7.11

3.7.11.1 3.7.11.2 3.7.11.3

Remote Desktop ...................................................................................................................... 222

Remote Desktop connections and passwords ......................................................................................................... 223 Remote Desktop event viewer ...................................................................................................................................... 225 Remote Desktop image cache ...................................................................................................................................... 227

3.7.12 View system events ................................................................................................................ 229

3.8 Files and drives .............................................................................................................................. 232

3.8.1

Create disk image ................................................................................................................... 232

3.8.2

Loading hard disk drivers ........................................................................................................ 235

3.8.3

Unlock Bitlocker encrypted drives ........................................................................................... 236

3.8.4

Mounting virtual drives ........................................................................................................... 237

3.8.5

Volume explorer ...................................................................................................................... 238

3.8.6

View last modified files .......................................................................................................... 239

3.8.7

View last modified directories ................................................................................................ 242

3.8.8

File checksum calculator ......................................................................................................... 242

3.8.9

Duplicate file finder ................................................................................................................ 244

3.8.10 Junk file remover and registry cleaner .................................................................................... 247

3.8.11 Disk space analyzer ................................................................................................................. 249

3.8.12 File statistics ........................................................................................................................... 251

3.8.13 Fast disk search ....................................................................................................................... 253

3.9 Utilities ........................................................................................................................................... 257

3.9.1

Search for password-protected documents ............................................................................ 257

3.9.2

Backup passwords and sensitive information ........................................................................ 260

3.9.3

3.9.3.1 3.9.3.2 3.9.3.3 3.9.3.4 3.9.3.5 3.9.3.6

Removing user's private information ...................................................................................... 263

Removing password history of SAM or Active Directory users ............................................................................ 265 Removing domain cached passwords ....................................................................................................................... 267 Removing cached logon password ............................................................................................................................ 270 Removing password reset disk information ............................................................................................................ 272 Removing password hints ........................................................................................................................................... 275 Resetting SYSKEY ............................................................................................................................................................ 278

3.9.4

Network drive mapper ............................................................................................................. 280

3.9.5

ESE database explorer ............................................................................................................. 282

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3.9.6 3.9.7

SQLite database viewer .......................................................................................................... 283 Boot status explorer ................................................................................................................ 284

4. License and registration

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4.1 License Agreement ........................................................................................................................ 288

4.2 Registration ................................................................................................................................... 289

4.3 Limitation of unregistered version .............................................................................................. 289

4.4 Program editions ........................................................................................................................... 289

5. Technical support

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5.1 Reporting problems ...................................................................................................................... 295

5.2 Suggesting features ....................................................................................................................... 295

5.3 Contacts ......................................................................................................................................... 295

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