Reset
Windows SBS administrator password seems to be a tough thing. But don't
need to be panic. There are two effective methods for you to reset Windows SBS
admin password. The first method may be a little easier than the second one.
Method one: Reset Windows SBS 2011 Password with Windows Password Genius
1. Download iSunshare Windows Password Genius, launch it and insert USB
or DVD/CD into your accessible computer.
2. Create a Windows SBS 2011(Windows Small Business Server) password
reset disk by USB or DVD/CD. Select right removable device and click "
Begin
burning" button
3. Insert the USB or DVD/CD into your locked Windows SBS, set Windows
SBS boot from USB or DVD/CD.
4. Choose Windows SBS 2011 and user account, Click "
Reset password",
then "
Reboot" computer after successfully reset password to blank
Method two: Reset Windows SBS 2011 Password with Start Disk
1. Restart your Windows SBS 2011 with the installation CD or any USB/DVD
you can boot from and get access to the HDD drive.
2. Booted from SBS 2011 media, select
Next
3. Select
Repair your computer
4. Select your partitions and installed Windows version and click
Next
5. Select command prompt
6. 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.
7. Rename
Utilman.exe to
Utilman.old and copy
cmd.exe
to
Utilman.exe, exit and reboot
After the reboot select the Ease of access icon
8. You will get a command prompt and use net user admin user password to
change the password
At the user logon screen, press a combination of
Windows KEY+U, then the
CMD.exe will appear. Type net user "
Username""
new password"
After you changed the password, exit the command prompt and login in with the
new password. Don't forget to change the
Utilman.old back to
Utilman.exe.
It could be that you will need to reboot with your media to change the Utilman
back.
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