Showing posts with label Reset Windows 2008 R2 Admin password. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reset Windows 2008 R2 Admin password. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

Reset Windows 2008 R2 Server Admin password


To Reset Administrator Password in Windows 2008 R2 Server is a reboot and a few steps:
  • Boot from the Micrsoft Windows Server 2008 DVD
  • From the Install Windows menu, click “Next”.
  • Select “Repair your computer”
  • In the System Recovery Options, select the Operating System instance that you wish to repair and click “Next”.
  • Select “Command Prompt”. The
  • At the command prompt, run the following commands:c:
    cd windows\system32
    ren Utilman.exe Utilman.exe.old

    copy cmd.exe Utilman.exe
  • Reboot the server allowing Windows to load as normal
  • At the logon screen, press Windows Key + U.
  • As the command prompt, enter the following command: 
    • net user administrator New_PASSWORD
  • Log into the server with New_PASSWORD
  • Reboot into the repair command prompt
c:
cd windows\system32
del utilman.exe
copy Utilman.exe.old utilman.exe
Reboot and enjoy