A company had to remote connect into a Windows Server 2008 machine that I manage, andthey changed the administrator password by accident. I need to recover this password if at all possible, so Iwon't lose the encrypted files stored on the machine. How can I do this?If it is not able to be recovered, how can I change it? I tried ERD commander 2005, but it is too old to detect the OS. I would really rather not have to reformat the entire RAID array and start over, so any help would be greatly appreciated.I am looking to do this using either built-intools or free utilities.I am locked out of the server entirely and need to regain access.

If you mean the local administrator password, because we have no system reset tool like reset disk in Windows 7/Vista, you can use Windows Password Rescuer to create a password reset disk then reset it with a CD/USB.Forgot Windows 7 password - Windows 7 Password Recovery. Reset Windows Password by Four Steps. Windows domain password recovery. Dell password reset, HP password reset, Acer password reset, Toshiba password reset.

In Windows server 2008, we can create a free password reset disk as that in Windows 7/Vista/XP. If you didn't create it, you can use a WIndows server 2008 installation disk to reset the password, you can search on google, there are many informations.Windows 7 Password Recovery - Recover All Versions of Windows 7 Password without Losing Data. Windows Password Recovery - Recover Any Lost Windows Password.

there are some other way to reset Windows password with a bootable CD/DVD or USB flash drive. 1. Reset windows password with Ophcrack 2. Reset windows password with "Advanced WIndows password recovery tool" These tool is to reset the password offline. It is not so troublesome that you forgot server 2008 password, you can see this article about server 2003/2008/2000 password recovery. Two steps: 1. Create a password reset disk; 2. Reset Windows server 2008/2003/2000 local or domain password by one click!Instantly Recover Any Forgotten Windows Administrator Password.