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Discus and support Forgotten Windows 10 Password on old drive in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hello,Following a Windows update, which was fairly recent, it lead me to an update error code. I copied and pasted into Google, and found that... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Dan0431, Mar 9, 2024.

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    Hello,Following a Windows update, which was fairly recent, it lead me to an update error code. I copied and pasted into Google, and found that disabling 3 services and renaming the "cat' folder to "cat.old", would fix it. Of course the services would be re-enabled upon restart. Well......that didn't go as planned. Somehow it corrupted my bios. So after several boots, Windows started a "automatic repair", which lead me to the sign on screen. I have had Windows 10 Professional since it came out, but I always used a 4 digit pin, which I think you call windows hello? Anyway, I had a local c

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