Ahmad shows you how to reset the
administrator password on a Windows instance
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I need to reset the administrator password on a Microsoft Windows Server instance in Amazon EC2.
If you've lost the password for the Administrator account for your Windows Server instance, or if the password has expired, you can reset the password using the Amazon EC2 configuration service.
Note: If you have disabled the local Administrator account, you cannot reset the password using the method described here. In those cases, you can contact Support for assistance.
You need the following prerequisites to reset the password for a Windows Server instance using the Amazon EC2 configuration service:
- The Amazon EC2 configuration service is installed on the instance whose password is to be reset. This service is available by default on all Amazon Windows AMIs, or you can download it.
- A running Windows Server instance that you can log into in the same Availability Zone as the instance that needs the password reset.
If you can satisfy these prerequisites, you can follow the detailed steps at Resetting an Administrator Password That's Lost or Expired in the Amazon EC2 Microsoft Windows Guide.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Microsoft Windows Server, administrator password, password reset
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Published: 2014-07-03
Updated: 2016-02-22
