How to Crack Administrator Password in Windows Server 2012/R2

Method 1: Crack Windows Server 2012 Local Administrator Password with Password Key.

Windows server 2012 password key is one of the best ways to crack admin or standard user accounts’ password, but it only works for local account and requires you to create it before you forget the password. It is necessary to store the password information in a USB flash drive – create a Windows server 2012 password reset disk with USB disk, when you create a strong password to protect your administrator from unauthorized access.

When you forgot or lost your password and are unable to log on, you can use the USB disk to easily crack the password.

1. Start your Windows server 2012, when you log on your administrator account failed, it will give you a link to reset the password. Click on the link to open a Password Reset Wizard.

2. Insert your password key disk to the computer and then click “Next” to continue.

3. The wizard will use the information on your USB disk to help you reset the password. Select your USB disk from pull-down list and then click “Next”

4. Now create a new password for your administrator account, this password will replace the old one, everything else about the user account will remain unchanged. Go on to next.

5. Click “Finish” to close the wizard, and then you can log on administrator with the new password.

Method 2: Crack Windows Server 2012 Local/Domain Administrator Password with CMD.

If you have a Windows server 2012 installation media, you can use it to copy cmd program from your computer, and then run the cmd program on login screen so you can crack your local/domain administrator password before log on. If you don’t have an installation disk, you can create one by using Microsoft Media Creation Tool. It is easy. Now follow me to use a Windows server 2012 install CD to crack a Windows server 2012 local administrator password.

1. Power on your Server computer, put a Windows server 2012 installation CD into the CD-ROM.

2. Restart the computer, it will boot from CD or DVD by default. If you have ever changed devices boot order, you can follow this guide to set your computer to boot from CD/DVD.

3. Press any key to continue boot.

4. Enter your language and other preferences and click “Next” to continue.

5. In the next screen, click “Repair your computer”.

6. Advanced options appears, click “Troubleshoot”.

7. Several options will be shown in next screen, click “Command Prompt”.

8. Command Prompt window appears, type “d:” and press Enter. (If your Windows server 2012 was installed in C, please replace “d” with “c”)

9. Type “cd windows\system32” and press Enter key to run the command.

10. Type “ren utilman.exe utilman.exe.old” and press Enter.

11. Type “copy cmd.exe utilman.exe” and press Enter.

12. Now close the command window and click “Continue” to start Windows server 2012.

13. When the welcome screen appears, press Win+U keys to run the copied cmd program.

14. Now you can crack the administrator’s password by using just one command. Type “net user administrator Password123” and press Enter, then the password will be replaced with “Password123”.

15. Close the command window and then you can log on Windows server 2012 with the new password “Password123”.

Method 3: Crack Windows Server 2012 Local & Domain Administrator or Other User Accounts’ Password by Using Windows Password Cracker.

Windows Password Rescuer Advanced is one of the most famous Windows password cracker which can help:

1. Crack local administrator and user password for Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000 and Windows server 2019, 2016, 2012, 2011, 2008, 2003 etc.

2. Crack domain administrator and user password for Windows server 2019, 2016, 2012, 2011, 2008, 2003 etc.

3. Create new user account which has administrative privileges to locked computer.

Here I will show you how to use this software to easily crack Windows server 2012/R2 local/domain administrator password with USB flash drive.

1. You need to log on another computer to download and install Windows Password Rescuer Advanced, and then run the software to create a small boot disk with USB flash drive. Simply choose “USB Device”.

2. Select your USB drive from pull-down list, click “Begin Burning” to start creating a small boot disk.

3. Once the burning completes, transfer the USB disk to your Server computer.

4. Plug in the USB flash drive to your Server computer.

5. Power on the computer, press "F12" as soon as possible to open "Boot Options", select "USB HDD" and press "Enter" key to continue boot. Have question? Learn another way to boot from USB.

6. Computer will boot from USB device and load Windows Password Rescuer Advanced screen. Now click “Window server 2012” from list.

7. All user accounts of Windows server 2012 will be shown in list. Click “Administrator” from list.

8. Click “Reset Password”, when a confirm message pops up, click “Yes”.

9. Administrator’s password has been removed and shown “blank” in list.

10. Click “Reboot”, once a confirm message pops up, unplug your USB first, and then click “Yes” to restart your Server computer.

11. After restarting, you are able to log on Windows server 2012 with administrator without password.

12. Don’t forget to create a new password to protect your administrator account.