{"id":2712,"date":"2013-07-08T03:08:22","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T03:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=2712"},"modified":"2013-07-08T03:13:34","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T03:13:34","slug":"forgot-windows-password-for-windows-server-vm-in-microsoft-hyper-v","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/forgot-windows-password-for-windows-server-vm-in-microsoft-hyper-v\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgot Windows Password for Windows Server VM in Microsoft Hyper-V"},"content":{"rendered":"

I installed Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V. I left the machine standing for a couple of days. After a week I got back to the machine I couldn’t remember the password. Is there a way to recover or reset the administrator password on a Hyper-V virtualized 2008 AD server?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Forgot Windows password for Hyper-V virtualized server? How to reset local \/ domain administrator password on a virtual machine running in Microsoft Hyper-V? There is a simple way to reset your lost Hyper-V server password<\/a> without data loss. Just boot your Hyper-V virtual machine from PCUnlocker ISO image which contains a password reset utility, and it enables you to reset both local administrator password and domain administrator password easily!<\/p>\n

How to Reset Windows Password for Hyper-V Server?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Download the zipped ISO image of PCUnlocker<\/a> and save it on your host operating system. Unzipped the download file and you’ll find a bootable ISO image file: pcunlocker.iso.<\/li>\n
  2. Open your virtual machine from Hyper-V Manager. Click on the File<\/strong> menu and select Settings…<\/strong>.\n

    \"hyper-v-vm\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. In the Settings of the VM, select the DVD Drive<\/strong> under IDE Controller 1<\/strong> tab. In the right panel, specify the DVD drive to use the ISO image file (pcunlocker.iso) you just downloaded.\n

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  4. Go to the BIOS tab in the left panel, move CD<\/strong> to the top of all available boot devices.\n

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  5. Click Apply to save your changes.<\/li>\n
  6. Power on your virtual machine. This time it will boot from the PCUnlocker ISO image.<\/li>\n
  7. After a while, you’ll see the PCUnlocker program which displays a list of local user accounts existing on your Hyper-V server. If you need to reset domain admin\/user password, you need to click on the Reset Active Directory Password<\/strong> option. It will then display Active Directory user accounts.\n

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  8. Choose a user account and click on Reset Password<\/strong> button. The program will unlock\/reset your Windows password in no time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Now you’ve successfully reset your lost Windows password for Hyper-V server. Unmount the PCUnlocker ISO image from the virtual machine’s DVD drive and restart the virtual machine. You can then log back into your Hyper-V server without a password! This method works with all versions of Windows virtual machine running in Microsoft Hyper-V, including Windows 8\/7\/Vista\/XP and Windows Server 2012\/2008\/2003\/2000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I installed Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V. I left the machine standing for a couple of days. After a week I got back to the machine I couldn’t remember the password. Is there a way to recover or reset the administrator password on a Hyper-V virtualized 2008 AD server? Forgot Windows password for Hyper-V […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10,3,39,5,4],"tags":[1387,1384,1386,1389,1388,1383,1385],"class_list":["post-2712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","category-windows-7","category-windows-8","category-windows-vista","category-windows-xp","tag-forgot-hyper-v-password","tag-forgot-hyper-v-server-password","tag-forgot-password-on-hyper-v-server","tag-hyper-v-virtual-machine-password","tag-reset-hyper-v-password","tag-reset-hyper-v-server-password","tag-reset-password-on-hyper-v-server"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2712"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2718,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2712\/revisions\/2718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}