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Three common methods about resetting admin password for Windows server 2003/2008/2012/2016 on raid computer tell you how to load the driver for the password reset program.
Suggestion:
If you are a computer expert or proficient in the computer technology, Method 1 and 2 could be taken into consideration. Surely, if you want to reset Windows server password raid easily and safely, the third method is recommended.
Purpose: Enter a screen where you can modify or add user accounts and modify passwords.
1. Download Raid-WinPE from Internet.
2. Click F6 to load the Raid drive when entering WinPE and keep the floppy disk with Raid drive in the USB floppy drive, then insert it into the server and reboot the server.
3. Click F6 to load the Raid drive and enter WinPE.
4. Modify or add user names, then modify the provided password.
For example, you can modify the password. After successful setup, restart the server and login it with the new password.
Purpose: Add a local administrator account or modify the administrator password through command prompt
Take the Windows Server 2008 R2 as an example, the administrator password of it has been forgotten.
Step 1: Take the installation CD of Windows Server 2008 R2 as a boot disk to start computer, finish loading installation image and then enter the language selection screen. Click Shift+F10 to open the command prompt screen. You also can get the DVD/USB download tool to create a USB or DVD installation disk.
Tips: For the Raid server, you must prepare the raid controller and load it when the setup program prompts that it needs the raid controller driver, otherwise, the setup program will fail to detect the drive and system. You can search the raid controller driver with the computer model or Raid controller model on the official site of vendor or google.com.
Search driver for HP ProLiant Server: https://buy.hpe.com/us/en/servers-systems
Search driver for Dell Poweradge Server: https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-poweredge-servers/sc/servers
Search driver for Lenovo ThinkSystem Server: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/data-center/servers/c/servers
Step 2: Access the partition where the Windows directory stored and locate to Windows\System32. (The default partition is C:\)
Step 3: Find and delete osk.exe from Windows\System32.
> Type:
C: \Windows\System32\dir osk.exe on the screen
//you can see osk.exe below command.
> Type:
C: \Windows\System32\del osk.exe
C: \Windows\System32\dir osk.exe
//Now you can't find out osk.exe again because it has been deleted.
Step 4: Copy and Rename cmd.exe to osk.exe.
> Type:
C: \Windows\System32\copy cmd.exe osk.exe
C: \Windows\System32\dir osk.exe
//osk.exe appears, which means the cmd.exe is copied successfully.
Step 5: Reboot the computer and click the button Ease of access on the lower-left corner. Choose "Don't type with Keyboard" and then click "Yes" on the pop-up dialog.
Step 6: When the Command prompt screen appears, modify the local administrator account password with net user command.
If you are not sure the name of the administrator account, you also can create a new account and password. Follow the commands:
net users admin user Password /add
net local group administrators admin user /add
Step 7: Sign in the server with the local administrator account and password created or modified just now.
Last but not the least, copy osk.exe from another computer installed with Windows Server 2008 R2, and save it on your server to replace osk.exe that has been created.
Tips: Net User Command for Windows Server 2012 (R2)
With the iSunshare password software, you can easily reset a forgotten password for Windows server 2016/2012/2008/2003 on the raid server computer. It supports RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 2, RAID 3, RAID 4, RAID 5, RAID 5e, RAID 5ee, RAID 50, RAID 6, so no matter which kind your raid server is, it works effectively. Just follow the steps as follows:
Step 1: Download iSunshare Windows Password Genius Raid and install it on an accessible computer.
iSunshare Windows Password Genius Raid has three versions. They are worked on the Windows PC, Mac PC or rooted android device.
Step 2: Create the Windows raid server password reset boot disk with Windows Password Genius Raid.
Step 3: Start the locked raid server and boot it from USB or CD/DVD.
1. Insert the Windows password reset boot disk into the locked Windows server.
2. Start the Windows server computer and enter the BIOS menu.
3. Save BIOS setting changes and let the raid server computer boot from the reset disk. And Windows Password Genius Raid program will run in WinPE environment.
Or you can refer to the following ways to boot the raid server from USB/CD:
Step 4: Reset the Windows local/domain administrator password on the raid server.
As soon as iSunshare password program runs on the raid server, confirm the Windows system and select a user account that you want to reset its password. Then click Reset password, eject USB or CD/DVD and choose Reboot to restart the raid server after recovering the Windows raid server password successfully. On the login interface, you can sign in the Windows raid server with the new password normally.
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