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Friday, June 4, 2010

How to reset the domain administrator password on Windows Server 2008 with just the Windows Installation Disk

How to reset the domain administrator password on Windows Server 2008 with just the Windows Installation Disk

it seems there is a need for this. I quote here

http://www.woutware.com/blog/post/How-to-reset-the-domain-administrator-password-on-Windows-Server-2008-with-just-the-Windows-Installation-Disk.aspx

Insert the original Windows Server 2008 installation DVD.


Reset the computer, boot from DVD.

Choose option "Repair your computer".

Start command prompt.

C:\

CD C:\Windows\System32

MOVE Utilman.exe Utilman.exe.bak

COPY Cmd.exe Utilman.exe

Restart windows

At the login screen, type Windows-U, this fires up cmd.exe now

NET USER administrator

Presto! Login as administrator!

Now repair computer again and move the original Utilman.exe back.

There are a bunch of commercial tools to reset the administrator password, but there is no need for it! Furthermore most of them seem to reset just the local administrator account's password, rather than the domain administrator password.

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