Learn how to reset the Administrator password for a Windows Server. This step-by-step guide includes Starting the Windows Installer, activating VNC access, loading the Virtio driver, accessing the command prompt, and resetting the password.
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to boot from mounted .iso (DVD/CD), For example:SHIFT+F10
using a keyboard to open the command terminal, after that, you will see the console window:diskpart
command to console:list volume
command. The Windows operating system is located on the F drive, identified by its large allocated space—in this example, 44 GB. Now that we know the Windows drive name, type exit
to close diskpart.F:
to follow on disk F (where located Windows OS)cd Windows/System32
, then make a backup of Utilman.exe by entering move Utilman.exe Utilman.exe.bak
and press Enter.copy cmd.exe Utilman.exe
wpeutil reboot
to restart VPS. net user Administrator newstrongpassword
Where:
- Administrator
is the Administrator account in Windows that has full system control -newstrongpassword
is a new password. copy c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe.bak c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe /y