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Instinct
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Contributor
‎03-03-2010 02:16 AM

Lost local admin password

I can not login to my vm because I lost local admin password is it possible to reset the password wthout rebooting.

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A13xxx
Enthusiast
Enthusiast
‎03-03-2010 02:45 AM

if the machine is part of a domain you can reset the password of the admin. apart from that there is no way, no password = no login.

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NTurnbull
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Expert
‎03-03-2010 03:16 AM

Depends on your guest OS, but if its Windows check out petri.co.il forgot admin password




Thanks,

Neil

Thanks, Neil
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continuum
Immortal
Immortal
‎03-03-2010 06:23 AM

boot the VM with the Konboot ISO - then you can set a new password




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marknewton2008
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Contributor
‎08-16-2013 12:31 AM

Check out this video guide, it should work for your situation.

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schepp
Leadership
Leadership
‎08-16-2013 01:50 AM

marknewton2008 wrote:

Check out this video guide, it should work for your situation.

I guess he was able to solve his problem in the past 3.5 years since he posted his question 🙂

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marknewton2008
Contributor
Contributor
‎08-16-2013 02:48 AM

Hi schepp! I'm sorry that I don't realize this post is several years old. It should have been closed.

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