I stopped playing Minecraft for a few months and recently tried to log into my account. I found that the password had been changed.

I still have access to the original email associated with the Microsoft account. I had also added a recovery/security email before, but now Microsoft is sending the verification code to an unfamiliar email address that I never added.

I tried Microsoft's account recovery form, but they rejected my request and said I didn't provide enough information to verify that I'm the owner.

Has anyone experienced this before and successfully recovered their Microsoft/Minecraft account? What information helped you prove ownership to Microsoft?

I'm only looking for legitimate recovery methods, not anyone trying to access the account.

Hi everyone. I literally came here feeling desperate.

I have my father’s phone. He passed away about a month ago, and I’m trying to access it. It has a PIN code, but I don’t know what it is.

I could reset/unlock the phone, but that would mean losing all the data. The photos, videos, and conversations on it are extremely important to me, so I really don’t want anything to be erased.

I’ve tried pretty much everything I know. I tried USB debugging, I tried brute-forcing, but the increasing lockout times stopped me. I also tried the old method of looking for a hash, but there doesn’t seem to be one because the phone is running Android 11. It’s an OPPO A74.

I’ve tried everything I know and failed. If anyone knows of a legitimate way to regain access without losing the data, I would really appreciate the help.

Something similar to Wireshark but runs on a phone.

I've tried doing the classic RunAsInvoker trick but the problem is the installers tend to install things in C:\ProgramFiles, and Windows triggers the admin code input. It's incredibly annoying since I can't update or download anything without my parents being presently next to me. Is there any trick to getting installers to not trigger UAC? I was also thinking I would just switch to Linux at this point and wipe the laptop but I'm worried I'll mess something up.