TL;DR

Run these commands from a command prompt in Windows Recovery, while in the system drive:

ren \Windows\System32\utilman.exe utilman.bak
copy \Windows\System32\cmd.exe utilman.exe

Restart and click the Accessibility icon on the welcome screen. Then reset the password from the command prompt that opens:

net user Username NewPassword

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TL;DR – Run the following PowerShell command:

Get-WmiObject Win32_USBControllerDevice | % { [wmi]$_.Dependent } | Where-Object DeviceID -like "*USBSTOR*" | ForEach-Object { [PSCustomObject]@{ "FriendlyName" = $_.Caption; "SerialNumber" = $_.DeviceID.Split('\')[-1] } }

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