VMware Server 2.0 Username And Password

On the previous article, we installed VMware on our local machine, and we were asked to restart the computer to start VMware Server 2.0 for the first time. after rebooting the computer, and launching VMware Web Access, you are asked to enter a username and password, but VMware wizard did not ask for any username and password during the installation, so what password do we need to enter here? well, it’s your local administrator username and password.

Read our previous article on how to install VMware Server 2.0 from here “ Installing VMware Server 2.0 On Windows XP”

If you are installed VMware on Windows XP that shouldn’t be a problem, and if you don’t know the Administrator password, you can easily reset it by right-clicking on My Computer icon and go to Manage:

That will get you to the Computer Management Console, expand the Local Users and Groups folder, and select Users and  right-click on the Administrator user account and select Reset Password:

Proceed to reset your password, and then login to VMware Web Access using the administrator credentials.

that should get you right in.

 

Now, if you installed VMware Server 2.0 on Windows Vista, you might have noticed that the local administrator account is disable, so you need to enable it in order to login to VMware Web Access.

to enable the administrator account on windows vista type the following string on the command prompt:

net user administrator /active:yes

 

after typing that command, go to control panel, and click on users. there you should see the administrator account. click on the Administrator icon and choose to create a password.

after creating the password for the local administrator on Vista, you should be ready to login to the VMware Web Access interface.

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