{"id":1104,"date":"2018-01-03T09:47:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T09:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2023-10-10T10:50:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:50:18","slug":"reset-password-on-windows-server-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/reset-password-on-windows-server-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reset Forgotten Administrator Password on Windows Server 2016?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Securing any computer or laptop with a text or PIN password should be #1 priority considering how hacking attempts are increasing every day. Even ransom attacks are only targeting the Windows users to manipulate their computer personal data and any trojan or virus attack can destroy your personal information contained inside your computer. So, it is always recommended by computer experts to keep your computer secured with a complex and tough password.<\/span><\/p>\n

Obviously, there’s a good chance of forgetting your own Windows server 2016 password and it might you\u00a0get you locked out<\/a>\u00a0forever. The painful part of\u00a0forgetting password<\/a>\u00a0is that you won\u2019t be able to see or access any data in your computer without typing in the right password. If your server 2016 is a domain controller and you can\u2019t login your local administrator password. Just login as local admin in a domain recovery mode. If your Windows 2016 server is domain joined, you can logon with any domain admin account to reset the local administrator password. if it\u2019s not in any domain, you may need to look for other alternative ways to fix it.<\/span><\/p>\n

That’s why in this article, you will get to learn 3 different ways to reset Windows Server 2016 admin password.<\/span><\/p>\n

Method #1: Reset Windows Server 2016 Password with Command Prompt.<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

As you guys already know that Command Prompt can perform some crucial tasks in your Windows computer including resetting your user password. Certainly, it required special command lines to be entered before you can reset your computer password.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 1. Insert the Windows Server 2016 bootable disc on your computer and restart your system.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 2. On the logon screen, keep pressing the Shift key on your keyboard unless the Command prompt app appears on the monitor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 3.\u00a0\u00a0Use the following command to change the utilman.exe application to cmd.exe:<\/span><\/p>\n

d:
\ncd windowssystem32
\nren Utilman.exe Utilman.exe.old
\ncopy cmd.exe Utilman.exe\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"install<\/span><\/p>\n

Step 4. Now, enter the following command line to change your computer administrator password \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNET USER ADMINISTRATOR TheNewPassword\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"start<\/span><\/p>\n

Kindly replace \u201cTheNewPassword\u201d with any random characters of your desire which will be your computers new password and press enter to execute the command line. You may restart your PC and use the selected password to login.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cons \u2013<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n