Windows Home Server passwords?

[DeltaDon]

I dug out my old dual 2.4GHZ Xeon server and booted it for the first time in maybe 15 or more years - booted to Windows Home Server and asked for my password. I don't have a clue what I used for the password. I don't believe I can reload Win Server since I used to have access to downloads and passwords via MS TechNet, which has long since been shutdown. Is there any way to reset the password with something like OPHcrack or other hacks? If not, I'll have to just load a 32 bit Linux server on it via the DVD drive.

 

[tingo]

SystemRescueCD has chntpw onboard.

 

[alan6502]

If it has a local admin password, Trinity Rescue Kit had a very good PW blank facility. It may also enable the locked administrator account used for Audit mode when using Sysprep. Trinity hasn't been updated since about 2017 but your server hardware/OS may be sufficiently old.
You'll need to download the ISO from here: https://trinityhome.org/trinity_rescue_kit_download/

...and make a bootable USB from the ISO using Rufus:

Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way

Rufus: Create bootable USB drives the easy way

rufus.ie

See how you go?

 

[DeltaDon]

Thanks for the solutions offered. I used chntpw to blank the password and got it to boot to the splash screen and inform me that Win Home Server needs to be activated. I think that was one of the reasons why I stuck this server into storage in the first place - end of TechNet caught up to me about this time. I was in the hospital for a period of time and when I got out I found out that all of my COA's were all wiped out overnight. That a move from the West Coast to the East Coast all piling up on me.