Recover windows server admin password

Ophcrack Live CD is a free Windows password recovery tool which can help you recover the original password for Windows local account, but it will take a long time to recover a long password.

Step 2: Insert the burned DVD into your locked computer. Turn on the computer and immediately press F12 repeatedly to open Boot Menu. The computer will boot from the burned DVD. Step 4: All local user accounts of server will be loaded and the program will recover password for each account.

Note, it will take a long time to recover a long password. After that, copy the recovered password of your local administrator. Now use the recovered password to login Windows server as administrator. If there is a DVD drive in your locked computer, you can use the Windows server install DVD to recover your local administrator password when you lost it.

Follow the procedure bellow. Then you will see the following screen. There are two kinds of administrator accounts, built-in administrator and user account with admin privileges for Windows Home Server.

Admin accounts are usually created after Windows Home Server installation to manage the home server. Double click User Accounts to open the list of users. Click "OK" if a pop-up warning prompts you to change user accounts. Step 2: Click the "User Accounts" button at the top. Double-click administrator account in the list of users. It is available for almost all Windows versions. To recover Windows server local admin password via password reset wizard, you must firstly create a password reset disk which stored information of your admin account.

If you have previously created a password reset disk for your Windows server local admin account, now you can use it to easily recover your lost password. Step 1: When you enter a wrong password, Windows will prompt that the password you entered is incorrect. Step 2: Under the password box, there is a link for resetting password. Just connect your password reset disk to the computer and click the link.

Step 3: Password reset wizard is open. Now you can follow instructions on the screen to recover your lost password. Step 4: The wizard will use the information on the password reset disk to help reset the password. Drop down the drive list and select your password reset disk. Step 6: The old password will be replaced with the new one. Select Safe Mode and hit Enter. Type the following commands to change the Administrator password: net user Administrator P ssw0rd.

Now, we need to perform the cleanup task. Next, type the following to move the original utilman. That's all there is to it!