Reset your Windows Sever 2008 / R2 Domain Controller administrator password
It’s possible to reset your Windows Sever 2008 / R2 Domain Controller administrator password using your installation CD.
- Restart your Windows server 2008 DC with the installation CD
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Choose your language and click next
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Select your partition and installation version and click Next
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Click on Command Line Prompt
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Change directory to the access the system 32 directory. Then your original C:drive is changed to D: or E: depending on the number of drive and partitions you have on that system.
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Rename the file Utilman.exe to Utilman.exe.bak using the comm and Copy Utilman.exe Utilman.exe.bak.
- Using Command Move Cmd.exe Utilman.exe to move CMD.exe file into Utilman.exe. Press O or Y to accept after that restart your Computer normaly
- At the user logon screen, press a combination of Windows KEY+U, then the CMD.exe will appear. Type net user “Username””new password”;
Then your system Admin Password is reset. Please don’t forget to rename back Utilman. Exe ->Cmd.exe and Utilman.exe.bak-> Utilman.exe after getting back access.
