Windows 10: Password and corrupted security update

So you all forced a corrupted security patch through and it couldn't complete.Which sent me into endless routine of restart, repair, diagnose, restart, repeatSo I went into safe mode and tried to uninstall latest patch. That also fails.I tried uninstall latest quality patchThat claims wrong password even though I had it written downSo ended up driving across city to repair guys. PC booted up removing last patch of course it didSo came home, everything fine. Got bed and wake up and sure enough you all tried to force through that same patch and of course it failed.Did all the same things and

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Windows 10 password security

Hi James,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused to you. I’ll certainly help you with this.

• What is the exact error message you get when you enter the password?
• Did you reset the password again?

If you haven't, I suggest you to Reset your password
and check.

While entering the password, I suggest you to enter the password from the On screen keyboard. To do so, follow these steps.

• On the Lock screen, click on the Ease of access button near the Power button.
• Enable the Onscreen keyboard and enter the password.
• Before hitting enter, click on the eye logo to confirm the password and hit
  enter.

Hope this helps you. Let us know if the issue persist. We'll be glad to assist you.

Thank you.

 

[FAKE] CD PROJEKT RED Forums Important security update

Just got this email from them and it's kinda late i think.

Dear Forum Users,

Recently it has come to our attention that an obsolete cdprojektred.com forum database was accessed by an unauthorized party sometime in March 2016.

At the time of the event, the database was not in active use, as almost a year earlier forum members had been asked to create secure GOG.com accounts for login purposes. These accounts are additionally protected by two-step authentication. The forum engine has also been upgraded since then to the newest and most secure version, fixing the vulnerability that allowed said access.

It is our understanding that the obsolete forum database contained usernames, email addresses and passwords that were hashed and “salted.” Salting is a common practice that involves adding random characters to the password when hashing to increase security. It is this, a “salted hash” of a password, that was stored in the database and that was accessed. Your passwords were not stored in plain text, hence they were not directly accessible by anyone.

Since you did not connect your account with the GOG.com-powered login system, your account was not migrated to the new forum and no action is required on your end. However, if you used your old forum password for any other services, it is still advisable to change it. We also suggest you never use the same password across multiple services.

From the time of the event, we’ve conducted additional external security tests, and we will double our efforts to ensure such situations don’t occur in the future.

We would like to deeply apologize to everyone affected.

CD PROJEKT RED Forum Staff

 

Hacker Keeps resetting my Live email password.

This is a good read about passwords:

The Usability of Passwords

He was criticized for it by some big names in computer tech and responded to it:

Usable Security - Reply to

He seems like he's pretty knowledgeable about passwords and stuff, I suggest giving it a try.