What If You Forgot Windows Server 2008 (r2) Password?

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Have you ever troubled by a forgotten Windows server 2008 (R2) password? If so, you can look at the following information. Here will show you how to reset Windows 2008 password on your own, no matter whether your server machine acts as a domain controller or not, no matter what the level of your computer knowledge is.

Things you’ll need:

1. Any accessible PC that you can run as administrator.
1. USB flash drive or blank CD/DVD (A CD drive is required for CD/DVD).
2. Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery Enterprise. (A professional Windows password reset tool, which offers you an easy and safe way to reset local administrator, domain administrator and other user password on Windows 2008(R2) server)

Time it will cost: About 5 minutes.

How-to Guide:

Forgot Window server 2008(R2) password, just follow the steps listed below.
Step 1. Download and install.
Go to the official website ...
... to download and install Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery in the PC that you can log on to with admin permissions, then install and launch it.
Step 2. Create a bootable password reset disk.
Insert a blank CD/DVD or USB flash drive >> Select to create a bootable CD/DVD or USB >> Select your target device >> Click Burn button to start burning >> Click OK when the burning task is completed. The whole process will cost you no more than 1 minute.

Note: Please back up your USB data at first, or else it will erase the data during burning.
Step 3. Boot the Windows server machine form CD/DVD or USB.
Insert the burned bootable password reset CD/DVD or USB flash drive in your Windows server 2008(R2) computer. Start the computer and immediately press F2, Delete, F10 or other keys to enter BIOS menu when you see a message that “press … to enter SETUP” during booting. Next you can set the USB or CD ROM as the first boot device, and then save and exit BIOS. Your computer will restart computer.
Step 4. Reset lost Windows server 2008 (R2) password.
Once your computer restarts automatically with changed BIOS, Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery will appear under WinPE. At that time you can easily reset your forgotten Windows 2008 password by following its instructions.
Option 1: If your Windows server 2008 PC is not on a domain or just a domain user other than the domain administrator, you’ll find all local user accounts on the computer will be displayed. Just select one of the user account >> Click Reset button>> Click Yes to continue >> Click Ok when the password is reset. Then you can reboot your computer to make your operation take effect. When you see the logon screen, you can access the target user account without password.

Option 2: If your Windows server 2008 PC acts as a domain administrator, Rekeysoft Windows Password Recovery will help you reset it easily. First you should decide if your domain administrator account is the built-in one or a self-created one with administrator privileges, then click Reset button, click Yes to confirm and continue. When the password is reset, click Ok to restart computer. You’ll be able to log on to the domain administrator account with the newly password it has been set to.
After Window server 2008 password reset, all your computer data are kept intact without any damage or loss. And it will only take you 5 minutes to regain access to the server PC.