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How To Reset Windows Administrator or user Password

 

Windows have the option to reset the admin pass with floppy ??? to reset the password in our time :

Start the windows or the server with the installation disk

At the first screen press SHIFT+F10 to get the CMD screen, then:

cd Windows\System32
ren Utilman.exe Utilman.exe.original
copy cmd.exe Utilman.exe
shutdown -r -t 0

Now when the server will reboot just press at the login screen The Windows key+U (Easy Of Access) now since we have change this file to cmd.exe you will get Command Prompt screen, Now type this to change the password to P@ssword123 For example :

net user Administrator P@ssword123

If the administrator account is disabled, you can this to enable account :

net user administrator /active:yes

Check to see if you can login with that password and reboot the server again to undo the changes you just made :

At the first screen press SHIFT+F10 to get the CMD screen, then:

cd Windows\System32
del Utilman.exe
ren Utilman.exe.original Utilman.exe
shutdown -r -t 0


Good Luck

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