!- This is for Windows 7 -!
Open cmd and goto
c:\Program Files\Splunk\bin>
Stop splunk service using the command
c:\Program Files\Splunk\bin> splunk stop
Reset the admin password using the command as below
c:\Program Files\Splunk\bin>splunk edit user admin -password newPassword -role admin -auth admin:changeme
Start the splunk service
c:\Program Files\Splunk\bin> splunk start
Open URL https://localhost:8000 and user the credentials as admin/newPassword
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