Windows Server 2008 Password Reset
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Resetting Administrator Password in Windows 2008
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 Password12
This will set the password for the Administrator user to be Password12 (case sensitive).
Closing the command prompt, you should now be able to log back onto the server using the
password you have provided in the last step.
Cleanup Steps
Once you have verified you can log on to the server you will have repeat the steps above and boot
using the Windows Server 2008 DVD/ISO and run the command prompt again.
Delete the newly created Utilman.exe from C:\Windows\System32
Rename Utilman.exe.old back to Utilman.exe
You should be back up and running as if nothing ever happened.