Apologies to anyone who actually is good at this, I think my explanations weren't the greatest, and that's just because I still have a lot to learn when it comes to Windows internals and operating systems. However, since I did get like 75% of the way there, I thought I'd figure out how to solve and do a writeup.

Original writeup (https://an00brektn.github.io/htb-cyber-apocalypse-forensics-precious-guidance-reflection/#reflection).