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Update/new challenge (and appreciate you taking time to read this)….long story short: Was able to bring up the command prompt at the Ease of Access button (described here: https://www.howtogeek.com/106333/how-to-reset-your-forgotten-domain-admin-password-on-server-2008-r2/), and unlocked the...

Anytime I've tried to access the NT Offline password changer (from Hirens or other boot cds), I get a "Kernel panic" error and it won't start. Do you know another way to get into this utility, or how to fix the Kernel panic error? I don't know of a way to access this from the DC.

Thanks for the reply. My challenge is that the local admin account is disabled (by design, since this is a secured system). I'm not sure the NT Offline password reset tool will be able to enable the local admin account?

Thanks in advance for your time. I have been unsuccessfully trying to backdoor back into my domain controller (Win Server 2008 R2), but maybe there's a utility or solution I haven't tried yet. Both mine and my backup admin's domain admin accounts are locked out (with no timeout, as this is a...

Hi there, thanks for your time. I found an article that mentioned to rename the file extensions for "application.evtx, system.evtx, and security.evtx (all located under C:\Windows\System32\winevt\Logs), then restart the Windows Event Log service. I attempted this while booted into Safe Mode and...

Thanks in advance for your assistance. I have a weekly requirement to view and clear the Windows Security Logs on my hardened Windows 7 computer. This has been working fine up until last week. When I open up my saved EventViewer.mmc console, I receive the following error: "Event Log Service is...