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  • 1.  Boot from ISO already installed windows server

    Posted Oct 16, 2023 10:46 PM

    We have unique problem here that nobody seems to have answer for so hopefully somebody here had the same problem

     

    I have windows server 2019 that we lost administrator password for

    This is the procedure and it is quite straight forward

    https://utho.com/docs/tutorial/how-to-reset-a-lost-administrator-password-in-windows-server/

    however in order to press any key we dont have time as it passes "press any key to boot" in several milliseconds so I dont have anybody who is that fast to be able to boot already installed Windows server from ISO at what point we would restart

     

    I had 20 people attempting and all of them say it is too fast. BIOS is OK vmware post gives you few seconds however when it finishes post and comes to windows and when it says "Press any key to boot from CD" it is too fast nobody seems to be able to press fast enough to boot from ISO and finish procedure to restore passwords

     

    ANybody has some command as I dont think anyone is that fast as it takes literally takes less than a second and nobody is fast enough to be able to press fast enough

    Everyone talks about BIOS but bios is ok just cannot boot already installed windows server from ISO to fix password issue

     



  • 2.  RE: Boot from ISO already installed windows server
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