a Windows Server 2008 server, administrator password forgotten, need to log in use. Online query, with the installation CD-ROM can be resolved. At hand the original disk also can not find, so in from the online WinXP PE ISO, burned to the U disk. forcibly power off reboot the server, enter the BIOS, set the USB drive to start first, the following are the main steps and key points:
The 1th step uses the WinXP PE system to start the computer, the C drive is the PE system disk, the original system 2008 C drive becomes the D disk
The 2nd step uses the CMD command line program to view the system files, the main original system disk under the file
3rd Step Permission Change (This step is critical, 2008 to the System directory permissions management very strict)
Start PE Explorer, find D:\Windows\system32 directory, right click, select Properties, Cancel read-only permission;
Locate the file D:\Windows\system32\magnify.exe, right-click, properties, permissions, and change the Administrators group to full control.
4th step Back up the Magnify.exe (Windows Magnifier program).
Copy D:\WINDOWS\system32\magnify.exe D:\WINDOWS\system32\magnify.exe.bak
or use
ren D:\WINDOWS\system32\magnify.exe D:\WINDOWS\system32\magnify.exe.bak
5th step replace Magnify.exe with Cmd.exe
Copy D:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe D:\WINDOWS\system32\magnify.exe
The 6th step restarts the system, remove the USB flash drive, enter the Windows Server 2008 login interface, there is no password, is still not logged in.
The 7th step selects the item (magnifier) of the magnifying screen and launches command line CMD directly.
8th Step change User Password
Enter WhoAmI view Current user permissions
Run NET user to view users of course
Run NET User Administrator 123456 to set the new Administrator password, where password is set to 123456.
The 9th step password is modified, login with the new password Win2008.
The 10th step, combined with the 4th step, replaces the Magnify.exe file with the resource Manager (you need to adjust the permissions again).
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