Tag: disaster recovery

Fix Windows 7+ Corrupt Profile

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If a user is given a temporary profile whilst logging onto Windows you can try the following to remedy the problem.

1. Log in using an account with administrative rights
2. Delete the key associated with the corrupt user in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList
3. Delete the key associated with the corrupt user in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileGuid
4. Rename corrupt user folder in c:\users\[user]
5. Restart machine and log on with problem user

Tested:Windows 7

Reset Mac OS Admin Password

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If you have lost the only admin password for your Mac OS you can try this:

This may not work if protection has been put in place.

On boot hold [Command-S] for single-user mode this will display a terminal prompt as root.

At the terminal type:

mount -uw / 
rm /var/db/.AppleSetupDone 
shutdown -h now

Now reboot

Tested on MacOS 10