Top 3 Ways to Reset Password on Windows Server 2016/2012/2008 Raid

“I lost my windows server 2012 password on a dell raid server and didn't create a password reset disk, is there any way to reset the password? Please help me. Thank you!”

Forgetting your Windows password is always a pain especially when you lost the password on Windows server as resetting Windows server Raid password is more complicated. Don’t worry!  Here we collect the top 3 ways to recover lost local/domain administrator password for Windows 2016/2012/2008 Raid server.

Method 1: Reset Admin Password for Windows Raid Server with Windows Password Key

Since most ways to reset a windows login password on a common desktop and laptop computer may not work with a Windows Raid server, the easiest and most reliable way to reset lost password on Windows raid server is using professional server password recovery software.

Windows Password Key is exactly the tool you need. It can recover lost local/domain administrator password for Windows 2016/2012/2008 Raid server  and  fully supports RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 2, RAID 3, RAID 4, RAID 5, RAID 5e, RAID 5ee, RAID 50, RAID 6.

• Download Windows Password Key in any computer you can access. Run the software after the installation.
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• Follow steps below to create a Windows password recovery tool USB/CD:

1. Insert a CD/DVD disk or USB flash to the workable computer.
2. Specify the CD / USB burning drive and click “Burn” start burning an ISO image file to your chosen media.


• After that, unplug the password reset disk and insert it into your locked computer. Now set your computer to boot from the CD/DVD-ROM/USB.
• After that, Windows Password Key appears on your screen. Select the target Windows system user account you want to reset and click “Next” to reset the password.

Method 2: Reset Password on Windows Server Raid Computer Using Command Prompt

If you have your Windows Server installation DVD, it also can help you reset Windows Server administrator password with Command Prompt. You can do the following:

• Boot your computer from the installation disk. When the Windows Setup screen appears, click on Next.

• Select Repair your computer > Troubleshoot > Command Prompt.

• Type in and execute the copy command like this:

d:
cd windows\system32
ren Utilman.exe Utilman.exe.old
copy cmd.exe Utilman.exe


• Close the command prompt and then click “Continue”.
• The server should now boot and present the logon screen. Here click Windows Key + U.

• At the prompt you can now change the password, by typing the following command: net user administrator Password123

This will set the password for the Administrator user to be Password123 (case sensitive). Closing the command prompt, you should now be able to log back onto the server with the new password. Don't forget to delete the newly created Utilman.exe from C:\Windows\System32 and then rename Utilman.exe.old back to Utilman.exe.

Method 3: Recover Password with Windows Server 2012 Password Reset Disk

A password reset disk is always a handful tool when you forgot password. That’s why we always recommend users to create a password key disk when creating password for Windows user account. If you are lucky to have the password reset disk, follow steps blew to perform Windows server Raid computer password reset.

• Click the "Reset password" link under the password enter box when you enter the wrong password.

• Click Next and insert your password key disk you made before you forgot the administrator password  and choose the disk drive in the list box.
• On the next window, type in a new password twice and a hint for your password. Click on "Finish" to close the wizard and you can login to your computer with the new password.

That’s all for how to reset lost local/domain administrator password for Windows 2016/2012/2008 Raid server. We hope the solutions outlined here would help you solve your problem.

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