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Windows - Password Reset

This GUIDE needs to be refined

  1. Attach win serv iso as well as virtio drivers iso to VM
  2. Set boot order to boot from win srv installer
  3. Go through the install process to where you need to select the disk.
  4. Add the drivers from the virtio CD (first folder). Now the disk should show in the selectable disk.
  5. Press shift+F10
  6. Make a backup of C:\Windows\System32\utilman and then copy cmd over C:\Windows\System32\utilman
  7. You can now restart Windows as normal
  8. Once at the login screen, press the accessibility button and command prompt should start
  9. Now you can run net user Administrator <SOMEPASSWORD>