I found a hack for Vista, that i reused for my Windows Server 2008 Domain controller !
I just pushed it a litlle further by only using the official Windows Server 2008 DVD from Microsoft instead of backtrack :)
For people in hurry, here are the steps:
- Boot onto DVD of Windows Server 2008
- Choose “Repair your computer”
- Launch cmd
- Go to c:\windows\system32
- Rename Utilman.exe to Utilman.exe.bak
- Copy cmd.exe to Utilman.exe
- Reboot on Windows
- Do the keyboard shortcut Windows + U when on the logon screen
- net user administrator Newpass123 inside the cmd
- log on with the domain admin account and this new pass
- change the password to remember it if needed
- Reboot on the DVD to put back the original Utilman.exe
9 comments:
Worked like a charm; I was on 2008 Enterprise and this did it more easily than anything else.
GREAT
mec je t'adore !!!man I love you!!! so far the only thing that work nice to recover from domain password lost !
Even works on Windows 2008 R2...
Still working on 2k8 r2...
if target is a vm, just map the system disc into explorer and go on.
btw: thx for posting !
Your are my hero. Thanks for posting this. Worked succesfully on a Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise server.
Dindn't work for me. The utilman.exe doesn't exist in c:\windows\system32\
Someone has any other ideas?
Ow my god, i've been searching for this for some time now, and it's this simple, worked like a charm on R2! Thanx for posting!
Worked great for a local administrator account on a non-domain Windows 2008 R2 Standard system. Thanks for the great article.
I was trying to get this to work on XP Pro that is part of a w2k3 domain with no luck. Any ideas?
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