Windows 2003 R2 Administrator Password

[Frankvanherck]

#153920

Hi all.

Situation:

I’m in my last year of ict.
28th of March I’ve got Windows 2003/2008 Server Exam.

For that exam I need a working 2003 server with exchange.
(full on vmware)
We have to use the vm that we’ve created in the class.

But now i’ve somehow managed to make a typo when changing my password, although i always ONLY use [email protected] or Admin123.

I guess i most have mistyped it 2 times by changing the password.
(there is no problem concerning azerty or qwerty..)

Anyway, this is not a LIVE server, everything is .local and for studying purpose.
But i can’t risk to just create a new one and hope it will work with exchange etc…

I do have a snapshot, but it’s without the complete exchange installation.

I did try this one:

reset domain admin password in windows server 2003 ad
(i cant post links under 5 posts..)

everything goes well untill its says:

“Restart Windows normally, SRVANY will run the NET USER command and reset the domain admin password.”

just before step 3.

SO when i finish adding the key in regedit, i just restart the server normally like the manual says.

I dont think SRVANY can run the net user command because when the server has rebooted it asks for a login..

Or does the net user command run without being logged in?

So, even if the net user command did run without loggin in, i still can’t log in with the new set password which i set in the regedit key.. (which is [email protected])

Also, when i reboot then, i cant get into the F8 menu (choose boot option), i have to revert to my latest snapshot in order to get the F8 function during the boot proces to work again..

If u want i can post screenshots from my register changes, but i think its correct..

So i’m kinda stuck here :s
I really need that virtual machine for my exam..

I hope you can understand my problem, sorry for my bad english!

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