How to Reset Windows 8 and Windows 2012 Server Administrator or User Password – When You Do not Have A Choice

When we forget a user password especially the administrator password in Windows operating systems, that really puts us in difficult situation. By default Windows OS is having few options to recover the forgotten passwords, like password hints and reset disks. Also, you could find few tips to recover them by using OS CD/DVD or system restore points. But how about a situation that nothing is working or you do not have any backup plans to recover the administrator password?. This guide shows how you can use a simple software to reset Windows 8 and Windows 2012 server administrator passwords within a minute.

This Windows 8 password reset tool is not free, it’s a paid and 100% working solution. There are few free password recovery softwares available on internet, but most of them are difficult to use by novice computer users. Even expert users might struggle at the first time with these free utilities.

Spotmau BootSuite 2012 is the product used in this guide to reset Windows 8 and Windows 2012 administrator passwords easily. This tool simply removes the particular user password instead of finds it. I prefer this method because finding a password normally takes time as it needs to check with some dictionaries.

Spotmau BootSuite 2012 is not only having Windows password reset tool but also several useful must have tools for your desktop or server computer.

Rescue crashed computer or hard drive, data recovery from crashed computer or hard drive, recover your Windows CD and office product key, partition, format and clean up your hard drive, backup and restore files and system, clone entire hard drive or partition are the other useful utilities you will be getting with this great product.

How to Reset Windows 8 Administrator Password

Once you have downloaded Spotmau BootSuite 2012, you must install it on a computer to make bootable CD.

Then insert it to the Windows 8 computer where you need to reset administrator or other users password.

Once the computer booted with Spotmau bootable CD, you can go to ‘Password & Key Finder’ menu as shown below.

Click on the ‘Admin Password Resetter’ button to reset Windows 8 admin password.

It automatically detects the OS type. You need to select the user from drop down box for resetting.

Yes, that is so easy. Just press Reset button and confirm it again. You will get a successful password reset message.

After password has been reset, you can reboot the PC and login without entering a password for particular user.

How to Reset Administrator Password in Windows 2012 Server

Spotmau BootSuite 2012 works well on Windows 2012 server versions to reset forgotten admin password.

Once you booted server OS with bootsuite CD, you can go to same place to reset admin password. The utility detects 2012 server version automatically. Select the user account that you need to reset the password.

It does the job well by removing the forgotten administrator password in Windows 2012 datacenter version. After the password has been successfully reset, you can loing to to server without typing any passwords. Here is my server which logged in with administrator account without any passwords.

This product is really good and I’m using it for last three years, it never let me down on desktop or server computers to reset passwords. 100% success password reset rate and 90 days money back guarantee available from software vendor.

Click here to download the product and read more information.

How to Get Start Button and Start Menu in Windows 2012 Server

Here is the way to get back the traditional start menu and start button in Windows 2012 server operating system.Like Windows 8, Windows 2012 server also comes without start button/ menu. Therefore you may feel uneasy while using this OS initially. If you like to get the start button/menu back, you can follow these steps. It works well on Windows 2012 standard and data center versions.

Okay here is an important point, getting back the start button and menu in Windows 2012 is not like showing My computer icon or installing desktop experience, which means it is not a hidden Windows feature that can be installed or enabled in OS level. It can be done by a third party software only. Therefore, before try this method on your production Windows 2012 server, double check whether really you want this feature by installing a third party software. Somehow I do not recommend this in the production environment as these types of applications might open security holes on the server OS. Anyhow, if you are running Windows 2012 in virtualized environment for testing or learning purpose, then you can try this method.
This small start button application built for Windows 8 desktop version, but the same works for 2012 too.

You can download Win8 StartButton from official site here. Your windows 2012 has to have internet connection to continue the installation. I recommend to select ‘Custom installation’ as shown below.

By this custom installation method we can avoid unwanted extra programs during the installation as below.


Once installation is completed, you can see the familiar start button and start menu in Windows 2012 server. To customize this start button and menu, you have to use the particular application settings only. Do not look for the normal Windows settings for it.


If you are looking for similar windows 8 start button applications, you can find theme here at cnet.com, but I’m not sure how they will be working on Windows 2012 server.
I have found an interesting article on getting back some of your favorite server GUI features on Windows 2012, you can go through this guide. It explains each steps nicely to work with Windows 2012 server GUI including Background Info (BGI).

Top 10 Google chrome extensions for bloggers

People like Google Chrome for its speed and simplicity. But there’s another advantage to using it: the vast array of extensions. Along with these features Google chrome also provide a large number of extensions. By using extensions, you can customize Google Chrome with features you like, while keeping your browser free of things that you don’t use. These 10 best Google chrome extensions are from my own favorite and must have extensions, and you could use this as a reference. Hence, can save your time in searching the best among the hundreds of extensions
1. SEO Status Pagerank/Alexa Toolbar

For those working with search engine optimization, this extension is a must-have. To check Alexa and Googe PR of any website. When you open a website, this extension automatically check the ranks. You only need to click on the button, then the information will appear.  

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2. Awesome Screenshot:

The name of this extension may be a little over-the-top, but it does its work quite well. Capture whole webpages even if a part of it is visible with this Chrome extension. This extension allows you to capture a whole webpage or a selected area of it, add annotations to a selected area, blur sensitive information and a lot more. This is a lifesaver, containing all the required options in one extension.
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3. Google Adsense:

Almost every Blogger use Google Adsense account for publishing ads to their blog. They need to check their earning each and every time. So why always go to the Adsense home page and check your earning, Install Google Adsense extension and check your earning directly.
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4. Google Analytic:

This is the most Important Extension where a user can check their blog Analytics. This extension uses OAuth to grant access to your Analytics data through your Google account. So we have to grant the access to our account and OAuth access token can be revoked at anytime in your Google settings. We can see Account name, Visits, Pageviews, Pages/Visit, Bounce Rate, Avg. Time on Site, New Visits, Visitors by installing this extension.  
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5. SEO for chrome:

This extension is a must-have for any search engine optimization (SEO) professional. It gives you all the tools needed to gather information and provide analysis on any site, including keyword research, competitor analysis, PageRank checks and more.   
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6. Webrank SEO:

Webrank SEO is a search engine optimization tool extension. And it is my favourite chrome extension. Beacuse it include many things. It tell site rank in google, alexa, bing & no. of backlinks for particular search engines. Install it and get full information any website without leaving that website.

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7. YSlow:

YSlow is extension provided for chrome which analyzes any web pages and suggests you the ways to improve performance which are based on some set of rules for high performance web pages. It gives grades to web page based on different criteria. It also offers suggestions for you to improving the page’s performance and all related stuffs  

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8. Mozbar:

SEOmoz is aslo SEO software. SEOmoz helps to optimize website Search Engine Optimizationwith a detailed analysis of On-Page SEO, Link analysis tool , domain authority,mozRank (mR) and much more. And Mozbar is the name of chrome extension of SEOmoz.   

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9. Word Count:

The name says it all. This chrome extension counts the words and characters that are currently in your selection. This extension can help you when you have a set word limit.  

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10. Google Mail:

One of the always required tool is Gmail. Almost every one has Gmail account and need to check their mails in real time, so that he/she can reply as soon as possible to build strong relationship with their customers. Therefore, you need to use Gmail chrome extension. This shows you all Gmail notifications in your chrome browser.

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