How to reset Windows Server forgotten password easily

November 12, 2020 Alice AUSTIN

Shows how to reset a windows server 2019 password in easy way.
1. First boot the windows server from CD or DVD.
2. Once boot into Windows DVD, press Shift + F10 to enter into command prompt.
3. make a copy of the utilman.exe file
4. make a copy of cmd.exe file as utilman.exe file
5. reboot the server into normal mode
6. press the ease of access button on the Windows login window (we have renamed the utilman.exe file as cmd.exe)
7. cmd.exe will open here, reset your administrator account and enable it.
8. net user administrator password /active:yes
9. close the command prompt, login with the new password.
10. do not forget to rename the utilman.exe.bak file back to utilman.exe file