{"id":25861,"date":"2020-12-21T02:19:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T18:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.mwwsb.com.my\/pjci\/?post_type=kb&p=25861"},"modified":"2023-01-18T14:14:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T06:14:21","slug":"how-to-change-the-administrator-password-in-windows-server-2003-2008-r2-or-2012","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-change-the-administrator-password-in-windows-server-2003-2008-r2-or-2012","title":{"rendered":"HOW TO: Change the Administrator Password in Windows Server"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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In the event that you need to change your server Administrator Password in Windows, you can do so by following the steps below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Step 1
Firstly, Log into your server via Remote Desktop<\/strong>.<\/p>

Step 2
Next, press your Windows key<\/strong>\u00a0and type\u00a0Administrative Tools<\/strong>.<\/p>

Step 3
Double click on Computer Management<\/strong>.<\/p>

Step 4
After that, expand Local\u00a0Users and Groups<\/strong>.<\/p>

Step 5
Then, click on Users<\/strong>.<\/p>

Step 6
Right-click on Administrator<\/strong>. Click on\u00a0Set Password > Proceed<\/strong>.<\/p>

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Finally, type your new password in both fields then press OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Step 1
First of all, log into your server via Remote Desktop<\/strong>.<\/p>

Step 2
Secondly, right-click on Computer <\/strong>and select\u00a0Manage<\/strong>.<\/p>

Step 3
Then double click Configuration<\/strong>.<\/p>

Step 4
Next, expand Local Users and Groups<\/strong>\u00a0and then select\u00a0Users<\/strong>.<\/p>

Step 5
After that, right-click on Administrator<\/strong>\u00a0and choose\u00a0Set Password<\/strong>\u00a0and then click\u00a0Proceed<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Step 6
Lastly, type in the new password and select OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Step 1
Start by logging in to your server via Remote Desktop<\/strong>.<\/p>

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Then, right-click on My Computer <\/strong>and select\u00a0Manage<\/strong>.<\/p>

Step 3
Expand Local Users and Groups<\/strong>\u00a0and then select\u00a0Users<\/strong>.<\/p>

Step 4
Next, right-click on Administrator<\/strong>\u00a0and choose\u00a0Set Password,<\/strong> and click\u00a0Proceed<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Step 5
One final step is to type in the new password and select OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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For more information about Windows Server, you can read our other articles relating to this topic here<\/em><\/a> or you can visit our Windows VPS<\/a> <\/em>page.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Administrator Password in Windows In the event that you need to change your server Administrator Password in Windows, you can do so by following the steps below. Change your Server 2012 Step 1 Firstly, Log into your server via Remote Desktop. Step 2 Next, press your Windows key\u00a0and type\u00a0Administrative Tools. Step 3 Double click on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"kbtopic":[108],"kbtag":[106,105],"mkb_version":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/25861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25861"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/25861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38226,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/25861\/revisions\/38226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=25861"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=25861"},{"taxonomy":"mkb_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casbay.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mkb_version?post=25861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}