Challenge! Lost Admin Password


  1. mmmbopzombie
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    Challenge! Lost Admin Password


    Hi

    I'd like to know if you could help me. I'm part of a tech support team in a business but I lost my admin password!!!!!

    Is there any way to get it? This is the challenge:

    - Installed McAfee Intrusion prevention, so... if hardrive connected as external HDD won't be recognized as partition is encyrpted
    - User account control activated, so any application, program, or system tool asks for the admin password
    - F8 not working for safe mode boot
    - Used Linux live CD but HDD cannot be mounted (as it is encrypted as mentioned above)

    Any suggestion?
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  3. gregrocker
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    Sorry we will not help you crack a password as we have no idea who you are.

    If you work in Tech Support then you' wouldn't really forget your password, would you?
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