Today when I try to set up a Picture Password on Windows 8.1, a big black rectangle appears on the left border of my screen. Inside the rectangle there is a big orange arrow and the words “Switch between apps. Swipe in from the edge to go back to the last app you were using.” […]
Offline Change Windows Password with Trinity Rescue Kit
April 10, 2014 by No comments »How to change Windows password after you’ve forgotten your password? You can easily change the password of any user account from the Control Panel with admin privileges. However, if you’re locked out of your computer, you need to use a boot CD to change the account password offline. Trinity Rescue Kit (TRK) is a free […]
2 Options to Convert Outlook .OST to .PST for Free
April 6, 2014 by No comments »How to convert Outlook .ost file to a .pst file, so I can open it in a new Outlook installation on another computer? PST is a personal storage table used by Microsoft Outlook to store mailbox data of an Outlook user, while OST is an offline storage table used by Outlook Exchange Server that stores […]
Login to Windows Computer with Disabled Administrator Account
March 31, 2014 by No comments »How to access the computer after you disable the administrator account? Be aware that disabling the built-in administrator account means that it is important that you do not forgot the user name and passwords for the other administrator accounts on that PC. If you do, you may end up a in a situation where you […]
Windows 8 Modern App Can’t Be Opened / Activated with Built-in Administrator Account
March 30, 2014 by No comments »After installing or upgrading to Windows 8 / 8.1, you might find that the built-in Administrator account is unable to run any Modern UI Apps. If you try to run the Modern app such as Calendar, Photos or Internet Explorer, you’ll get this error message: “This app can’t be opened using the Built-in Administrator account […]
How to Reset Windows Small Business Server Password After Forgotten
March 28, 2014 by No comments »Forgot the administrator password on Windows Small Business Server (SBS)? If you can’t log on with other administrator-level account, you’re unable to change or reset the password. So if you’re confronted with this situation where you essentially have no control over your server. What do you do at this point? In this tutorial we’ll show […]
How to Reveal Internet Explorer 10 / 11 Password from Windows Vault
March 25, 2014 by No comments »How to view or recover your saved website passwords from Internet Explorer 10 or 11? In versions 7, 8 and 9 of Internet Explorer, passwords are protected using DPAPI and the login URL as entropy before being saved in the registry. Since Internet Explorer 10, it no longer stores encrypted passwords in the registry, and […]
Recover Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, Flock Passwords from Old Profiles
March 24, 2014 by No comments »Did you know that all the settings you make in Firefox, like your home page, saved passwords and bookmarks are all stored in a special profile folder? It’s true. Your profile folder is kept in a separate place from the Firefox program so that if something ever goes wrong with Firefox your information will still […]
Forgot Windows 7 Password on Mac without A Reset Disk
March 19, 2014 by No comments »Lost or forgot Windows 7 password on your Mac and don’t have a reset disk? There are many Windows password recovery tools (such as Ophcrack, Offline NT Password & Register Editor) that could be used to crack Windows 7 password on a PC, but the major issue is that they are incompatible with Mac EFI […]