Decrypting Passwords from unattend.xml using PowerShell – LeBlogOSD

Decrypt a password in an unattend.xml file

Source: https://michlstechblog.info/blog/windows-script-to-recover-lost-passwords-from-a-unattendsysprep-xml-file/

With powershell

1 2	`$encryptedpwd` `=` `get-content` `C:\temp\pwd.txt` `[System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String($encryptedpwd))`

Categories: Windows 11

Tags: Base64decryptionencrypted passwordpassword recoveryPowerShellunattend.xmlWindows

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