Reset Windows server 2008r2 Password with Installation CD


1. Insert the installation disk to your locked computer, restart. When following interface appears. Cllick“Repair your computer”.
2. A dialog with several options pops up, click Command Prompt.
3. When a Command Prompt black screen appears, type "copy c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe" and press Enter. Then type "copy c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\sethc.exe" afterwards press Enter key.
4. Restart your computer. On the login screen, tap Shift key five times and you'll see a command prompt screen in administrator mode. OK, type "net user UserName NewPassword" (replace the UserName and UserPassword with which you wanna) and press Enter key. The user password will be replaced with new one. Close the window and then you can login that user with new password.

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