Re: Win10 password?

Robert Baer wrote:
>   So i got a nice collection of "programs"/"apps carefully selected on a 
> USB stick ready to go.
>   After an hour or so, had the "new" Lenovo connected keyboard/mouse/VGA.
> 
>   Nice splash screen.
>   What the hell do i do for the unknown password?
> 

And don't forget, once you're back into the machine, to

    Record the OS license key, while you still can!

    Write the key on something robust, store inside
    the chassis to prevent loss of the paper.

Scroll to 70% on this page, for an example. Note that
Windows Defender realtime should be disabled while
you do this, since it defines that program as "hackware".

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html

Another example. Or Belarc Advisor if you have a copy
on disk already.

https://m.majorgeeks.com/files/details/showkeyplus.html

You need that key, for the day a reinstall is required.
If the key ends in 3V66T, that's a bogus key, and the
real key is... elsewhere. On a Refurb machine, that
should be a legit key, not one of the bogus keys.

Examples of bogus keys that exist, if you upgrade
a Win7 with free Win10 over top. Note the 3V66T on
the end of the first one.

VK7JG-NPHTM-C97JM-9MPGT-3V66T (Windows 10 Professional) <--- Test Machine
YTMG3-N6DKC-DKB77-7M9GH-8HVX7 (Windows 10 Home - multi language)    <--- laptop!
BT79Q-G7N6G-PGBYW-4YWX6-6F4BT (Windows 10 Home - single language)

My laptop had the multi-language key, since the laptop
is English/FrenchCanadian by design. That's what they
do for the Canadian market.

    Paul