Brazil tax declaration programs require Java; but they don't run on the background.

Running on the background, DuckDNS also uses Java (but just a bit).
The other background running one, which was...

Thank you very much.
Based on your answer, I was able to find another Superuser thread and quickly found the culprit:
- windows - How to kill a specific java process by application name - Super...

I often notice that javaw.exe (8 Update 251) is taking too much CPU (65% upwards).
Tried to investigate using Process Explorer, System Explorer, Task Manager Deluxe, Daphne, but none of them...

For some reason Recuva default setting is to ignore directory structure.
In Advanced Settings it's possible to select directory structure to be preserved when restoring.

I think to have found a solution.
Logged as Administrator and set a new password for my user account (Paulo).
I was trying to do that while logged as Paulo and maybe that's why the Reset password...

Can't use option one (don't have password reset disk).

Option three affects only the Microsoft Account password, not the local user password.

Option two in the tutorial (using netplwiz) does not work for me, because "Reset password" is grayed out for my user account.

After a power glitch, Windows did not recognize my local password anymore
Although I have been able to login using my Microsoft account password, I would like to be able to login locally again.
How...