Esxi virtual machine Windows server 2012 solution for forgetting password

When the password of the virtual machine Windows server 2012 on ESXI is forgotten, it can be solved through the following measures.

1. Prefer to link to the original installation ISO file

2. Force the setting to start from BIOS (to change the virtual machine to boot from CD drive)

3 enter the BIOS interface-> Select Boot: make sure the startup mode is CD-ROM Driver.

4. And then reboot. After reboot, you will go to the installation system interface.

5. Click next, on the bottom left of the next screen, the first line: Repair your computer (repair your computer), click this

6. You will then go to the selection screen and select Troubleshoot (troubleshooting):

7. After the new interface Advanced options (Advanced options), select the Command Prompt (Command prompt) option:

8. A command prompt box appears, and you need to enter the following command:

D: (note: according to the actual situation, the location of the system disk files)

Cd windows\ system32

Ren Utilman.exe Utilman.exe.old

Copy cmd.exe Utilman.exe

8. Close the command prompt box and click Continue (continue); when the welcome screen appears, click Windows key + U:

9. When a command appears, enter the following command: net user administrator "new password", close the prompt box, and you can log in with your new password.

The above steps successfully changed the password of the ESXI virtual machine window server 2012.