VictorThiago Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 I currently have a hard drive that has windows server 2016 on it and am trying to get the password off the main admin account. I've tried a few things already like getting the 'ease of access' to be cmd, Chntpw on Kali, and gave PCunlocker a shot to see if it worked; And none of them work, does any one have any other methods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rkiver Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Think you misnamed the topic, nothing to do with hard drives, all about "password removal". Boot from Windows 2016 installation media and do the following. Reset Password to Windows Server 2016 with Windows Installation Disk Resetting a lost password to Server 2016 is pretty easy if you have the original Windows installation disk—assuming, of course, you have one. This involves a couple of steps: d: cd Windows\System32 ren Utilman.exe Utilman.exe.original copy cmd.exe Utilman.exe shutdown -r -t 0 net user Administrator newpasswords Boot the server from the Windows Server 2016 Installation disc. When you arrive at Windows Setup screen, press SHIFT + F10 keys to open Command Prompt (or click on Next → Repair your computer → Troubleshoot → Command Prompt). With Command Prompt now open, execute the following commands: The computer should now reboot. Once the server 2016 login screen appears, press Windows Key + U button on the keyboard. Now that Command Prompt is open, execute the net user command to reset lost admin password on Windows Server 2016, replacing newpasswords with whatever new password you'd like to use: Close the Command Prompt window and now you should be able to log onto Windows Server 2016 with the new password you set in the command prompt. At last, browse to the directory C:\Windows\System32, delete Utilman.exe and rename Utilman.exe.original back to Utilman.exe. If you don't have that installation disk or are not familiar with command lines, the next way to get out of a "lost Windows server 2016 password" predicament is to use an Admin account if you have—move on to the next idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictorThiago Posted May 10, 2020 Author Share Posted May 10, 2020 On 5/7/2020 at 4:02 PM, VictorThiago said: I currently have a hard drive that has windows server 2016 on it and am trying to get the password off the main admin account. I've tried a few things already like getting the 'ease of access' to be cmd, Chntpw on Kali, and gave PCunlocker a shot to see if it worked; And none of them work, does any one have any other methods? On 5/7/2020 at 8:16 PM, shamsmehra90 said: Hi, If you plan on upgrading to an SSD down the road, I recommend partitioning your drive now. It's always best to know the whys so here it is. Partitioning makes your system see two or more drives, where is there is only one physical drive. If you partition the drive now, install the OS on it. Once you have your SSD, simply clone that entire partition to the SSD, then make the SSD the boot drive. Voila, everything is how it was in the original build, but now you have an SSD as boot drive. Easy.word counter VidMate Mobdro If you do not do this, adding an SSD is still easy. Install it on the system, make it the boot drive in the BIOS and then install Win on it. The only difference now is that all your settings are in your HDD still so you essentially have a clean install of Win. issue got solved!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rkiver Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Whole topic reads like advertising bots..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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