Windows Server 2022 reset lost administrator password

Thanks Rob, Saved me a lot of time!

How can I revert back to ease of access on my login screen. Thanks

Thank you! Good job :D

Be quick! That trick (almost) doesn't work anymore in Windows Server 2022 (21H2 (Build 19044,1288)).
That is because Windows will detect that the Utilman.exe has been renamed and therefore DELETE it.
Luckily it takes the Operating System a few seconds to notice, so in my case I still had enough time to run this command: net user Administrator "" (right before the command prompt window disappeared magically). I also tried to set it to read-only before with attrib but that didn't prevent the deletion of the file, so as introduced: type in the command as quickly as you can so you still have a chance to at least set the local password back to nothing and continue from there.

Thanks!

Thank you very much! I did an in-place upgrade to 2022 (yeah..I know...not ideal) and it reset my Administrator password. Following your steps allowed me to change it back and get logged back in. Yay!

Hi Robert< thanks for the video, is really a good trick. In my case doesn't work because I need to reset the administrator password on the domain, but said the domain cant be contacted or reach. Any idea what should I try next?

In my case Diskpart shows the OS Drive but shows it as having no letter assigned, any ideas for that?

Hi, followed your advice mate ! thank you, however, the next day when i went to log in...it seems that the credentials weren't working...is there anything we need to do AFTER this process to enable us to get logged in again? like resetting the password again or the such?

Is there any option to recover windows server 2022 admin password through microsoft 365 admin center

How can I setup server 2022 to ask for login credentials, at the moment when I login via teamviewer its opened

Thank you bro this is help me a lot... very useful tutorial thank you from deeply in my heart

what could the default admin password be when I installed the windows server 2022 in my virtual box vm? I downloaded as iso file and and it was a brand new vm, I’ve tried my 4 digit log in pin for that vm but it wasn’t it. Please help :(

awesome. Always learning new things from you.

very informative video , thank you for sharing