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Tweaking.com Support & Help / A BUNCH of ethernet adapters has suddenly appeared.

« Last post by madhouserevival on April 27, 2023, 08:22:21 am »

I went to disable my network in order to install a driver without interference from Windows update, but I was shocked to find a ton of them listed. I tried to uninstall them all, but they keep coming back. I also did a reset of all network adapters. This is on Windows 11 and I'm losing my mind here.

 

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Re: networking

« Last post by madhouserevival on April 27, 2023, 08:18:38 am »

Weird, I ran into the exact same problem last night, but not from running the AIO repair programs. I could not boot to safe mode with networking to save my life.

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / networking

« Last post by Boogie on April 22, 2023, 06:34:43 am »

Windows 11 Safe mode but no networking. Is tweaking pro broken?

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General Computer Support / Re: (⦿_⦿) EDGE credentials vs passwords

« Last post by mateusz on April 13, 2023, 05:17:02 am »

I managed to get the passwords back thanks to Sandboxie- pure luck. There were some credentials in it that were able to decode the passwords with WebBrowserPassView v2.12... 284 passwords are back. I still don't know what file Im missing on the system that is inside Sandboxie

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General Computer Support / Re: (⦿_⦿) EDGE credentials vs passwords

« Last post by mateusz on April 13, 2023, 04:25:35 am »

1. I managed to find file with the login/password data in:
C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\Default\Login Data

2. I tried to extract it with Nirsoft WebpassViewer:
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/web_browser_password.html[/URL]

3. It showed logins and websites but no password for Edge (FF, Chrome are fine)

4. Strange thing - I started WebBrowserPassView v2.12 in a software called Sandboxie which was installed on my system to run apps more securely and in Sandboxie I got half of the passwords from Edge. I don't understand it.

5. I believe that there are some credentials missing. I tried software:
a) MadPassExt v1.00 (Microsoft Account DPAPI Password Extractor)
b) VaultPasswordView v1.11
but with no luck, I don't have this folder on my drive:
C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\CloudAPCache\MicrosoftAccount

Im not sure what to do with this data anyway...

6. I think this might be the resolution but I have no idea how to do it:
[URL unfurl="true"]https://github.com/gentilkiwi/mimikatz/issues/328#issuecomment-768624267[/URL]

Maybe "Windows Repair" could help me to get back the credentials?

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General Computer Support / (⦿_⦿) EDGE credentials vs passwords

« Last post by mateusz on April 12, 2023, 02:00:15 pm »

Hello,

I have the full version of Tweaking.com software

I started to "play" with some services but mostly firewall rules (also local) and I've probably unlinked somehow Edge from It's credentials, there was also some update at night and I've seen Internet Explorer started without a reason. Later on I've started Edge and there were few notices that It started with a new profile (bookmarks and favourites and even history was still there) but ALL MY PASSWORDS ARE GONE.

I was able to go back to recovery point but it didn't help

I think this might be related somehow to Internet Explorer old services/credentials or Maybe I've locked time/date updates so the System couldn't get certificates or credentials and cleared my passwords? Some of them stayed in the profile folder but most are gone. Please help!

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Chinese characters in US Repair Parse Points results

« Last post by peterblaise on March 25, 2023, 11:49:04 pm »

Chinese characters in US Repair Parse Points results.

What's this?

I rebooted and re-ran Tweaking Windows repair and re-ran check reparse points ( and chkDsk, and DISM ), and "Problems Found?: No", but the tab saying [ (Information ) All Found reparse Points On System ] has these Chinese characters shown below ( I included a prior OK line and an OK line after ).

I searched the disk for such characters and found none.

... snipped ...

JUNCTION,Content.IE5,C:\Users\1st-user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.IE5,C:\Users\1st-user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE,2023-03-25 5:40:42 PM

UNKNOWN,MicrosoftEdge.exe,C:\Users\1st-user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\MicrosoftEdge.exe,爀漀猀漀昀琀⸀䴀椀挀爀漀猀漀昀琀䔀搀最攀开㠀眀攀欀礀戀㌀搀㠀戀戀眀攀℀䴀椀挀爀漀猀漀昀琀䔀搀最攀,2023-01-10 3:51:05 PM

UNKNOWN,MicrosoftEdge.exe,C:\Users\1st-user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge.exe,爀漀猀漀昀琀⸀䴀椀挀爀漀猀漀昀琀䔀搀最攀开㠀眀攀欀礀戀㌀搀㠀戀戀眀攀℀䴀椀挀爀漀猀漀昀琀䔀搀最攀,2023-01-10 3:51:05 PM

JUNCTION,My Music,C:\Users\1st-user\Documents\My Music,C:\Users\1st-user\Music,2022-08-12 8:47:05 AM

... snipped ...

JUNCTION,Content.IE5,C:\Users\_\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.IE5,C:\Users\_\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\IE,2023-03-26 1:43:25 AM

UNKNOWN,MicrosoftEdge.exe,C:\Users\_\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\MicrosoftEdge.exe,爀漀猀漀昀琀⸀䴀椀挀爀漀猀漀昀琀䔀搀最攀开㠀眀攀欀礀戀㌀搀㠀戀戀眀攀℀䴀椀挀爀漀猀漀昀琀䔀搀最攀,2022-10-20 8:03:27 PM

UNKNOWN,python.exe,C:\Users\_\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python.exe,眀攀,2022-10-20 8:03:36 PM

UNKNOWN,python3.exe,C:\Users\_\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\python3.exe,眀攀,2022-10-20 8:03:36 PM

UNKNOWN,winget.exe,C:\Users\_\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\winget.exe,眀攀,2022-10-20 8:03:36 PM

UNKNOWN,python.exe,C:\Users\_\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\python.exe,眀攀,2022-10-20 8:03:36 PM

UNKNOWN,python3.exe,C:\Users\_\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\python3.exe,眀攀,2022-10-20 8:03:36 PM

UNKNOWN,winget.exe,C:\Users\_\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\winget.exe,眀攀,2022-10-20 8:03:36 PM

UNKNOWN,MicrosoftEdge.exe,C:\Users\_\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge.exe,爀漀猀漀昀琀⸀䴀椀挀爀漀猀漀昀琀䔀搀最攀开㠀眀攀欀礀戀㌀搀㠀戀戀眀攀℀䴀椀挀爀漀猀漀昀琀䔀搀最攀,2022-10-20 8:03:27 PM

JUNCTION,My Music,C:\Users\_\Documents\My Music,C:\Users\_\Music,2022-10-20 8:03:19 PM

... snipped ...

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What is this?

Thanks for exploring this and sharing.

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Re: Windows Repair Frequently Asked Questions

« Last post by Cozmik on February 16, 2023, 01:30:47 pm »

  I can sort of understand that by what if Windows or someone similar caused your problem but they can't or won't help rectify it?
   Last night i had message from Windows to say there was an update that i should install, which i dutifully did, much to my chagrin.
  This morning...no User account but one i didn't create with nothing that i wanted on it.  I have tried all instructions but to no avail and i'm at a loss as to where my account has gone...can you help in any way please.  I just don't understand why it's all gone as it was there last night.

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Tweaking.com Support & Help / 4.13.1 hesitates during startup file enumeration, unlike 4.12

« Last post by peterblaise on February 14, 2023, 06:55:24 am »

4.13.1 of Repair Windows hesitates and appears to fail to enumerate it's files upon loading, compared to 4.12, which enumerates it's files immediately and quickly, moving the progress bar and number count quickly.

On older, slower computers, the hesitation is so severe that 4.13.1 appears to lock up and be totally dysfunctional, so I've been killing 4.13.1, and reverting to v4.12 instead.

Is this startup hesitation something new happening with 4.13.1, an inbuilt programming self-check change, or does this indicate something else with the computer under test needs attention?

I've experienced this mostly with Windows 7 x64 Pro, 2-core computers, HDD, usually 4GB ram ( not newfangled multi-multi-core, SSD equipped, 16+GB ram beasts ).

Any clues?

Thanks for letting us explore this and share.
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Tweaking.com Support & Help / Unable to open Registry Backup

« Last post by colion on February 04, 2023, 09:56:27 am »

I installed Registry Backup and it appears to work properly.  However, I am unable to open the program either with the desktop icon or *.exe file in order to modify settings.  Would appreciate any suggestions to rectify this problem.

UPDATE:  The program finally opened after a long delay of 20-30 minutes.  Then about 10 minutes later an error message appeared:

"The program did'nt shut down properly.  This may be due to a problem with the Volume Shadow Copy Service. ..."

Have switched to Fallback method and we'll see if that works.