Help With Syskey'd PC

Scams
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Hi all

I have an older friend who has an elderly mother, I think she was a victim of a tech support scam and her computer was Syskey'd, anyone know how we can fix it?

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I would try random passwords untill you get the diagnostic screen,then go to advance and do a restore,hopefully this helped if it didn’t I can try to help you more!

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@Flinty94#8367

What’s the number she called? When she called? What’s her first name?

Maybe i can help.

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There may be a hack around it, using a Windows CD and the Command Prompt.

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@Koko#8370 I’ll speak to my friend, he didn’t say much about it earlier

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If you can boot into a linux OS, you can remove the syskey.

https://haccoders.blogspot.nl/2015/12/how-to-reset-syskey-using-linux-script.html

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Also go to the system32 and delete syskey after this is fixed.

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I’d recommend memes’ idea. @Flinty94#8372