{"id":2844,"date":"2013-07-23T08:59:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T08:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=2844"},"modified":"2013-07-23T09:03:17","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T09:03:17","slug":"how-to-recover-windows-2008-local-administrator-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/how-to-recover-windows-2008-local-administrator-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Recover Windows 2008 Local Administrator Password"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>I have forgotten the local administrator password of Windows 2008. That is the only account and I can&#8217;t login now. There are critical data on the server that we can&#8217;t afford to lose. How can I recover Windows 2008 password?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nowadays we have so many passwords to remember, it wouldn&#8217;t be surprising if you forget your password every once in a while. So what to do if you forgot Windows 2008 local administrator password? With PCUnlocker Live CD you can recover lost or forgotten Windows 2008 local administrator password easily.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Recover Windows 2008 Local Administrator Password?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>First of all, you need to create a PCUnlocker Live CD using another computer. <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/download\/pcunlocker_trial.zip\">Click here<\/a> to download PCUnlocker and save it on the computer. Once downloaded, extract the ISO file from the ZIP file. Burn the ISO image file to a CD using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/download\/ISO2DiscSetup.exe\">ISO2Disc<\/a>, BurnCDCC, ImgBurn or other burning software.<\/li>\n<li>After burning the PCUnlocker ISO image to disc, go to the Windows 2008 computer that you&#8217;re trying to gain access to. Insert the PCUnlocker Live CD into your CD\/DVD drive and then restart the computer. You&#8217;ll probably need to make changes to the boot order in BIOS in order to get the computer to boot from PCUnlocker Live CD.<\/li>\n<li>PCUnlocker program will start once the boot process is complete. It automatically locates the Windows SAM registry file which contains the encrypted user account information, and displays a list of local user accounts existing on your Windows 2008 system.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/images\/pcunlocker.png\" width=\"450\" height=\"400\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Select the local administrator account and click on &#8220;Reset Password&#8221; button. The program will remove your Windows 2008 local administrator password in seconds.<\/li>\n<li>Restart the computer and take out PCUnlocker Live CD from the CD\/DVD drive. When Windows logon screen appears, you can log into the local administrator account without a password!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Besides recovering Windows 2008 local administrator password, <a style=\"text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/reset-windows-password.html\">PCUnlocker<\/a> could also be used to recover local administrator passwords on Windows 8, 7, Vista and XP. It supports both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows operating systems.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have forgotten the local administrator password of Windows 2008. That is the only account and I can&#8217;t login now. There are critical data on the server that we can&#8217;t afford to lose. How can I recover Windows 2008 password? 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