After freshly installing Windows Storage Server 2008, you're presented with a login screen where the system installation process hasn't prompted you for any kind of a password.
What's the default password for Windows Storage Server 2008?
Windows – the default password for Windows Storage Server 2008
storage-serverwindows
Related Solutions
I've had success with Sysinternals Process Explorer. With this, you can search to find what process(es) have a file open, and you can use it to close the handle(s) if you want. Of course, it is safer to close the whole process. Exercise caution and judgement.
To find a specific file, use the menu option Find->Find Handle or DLL... Type in part of the path to the file. The list of processes will appear below.
If you prefer command line, Sysinternals suite includes command line tool Handle, that lists open handles.
Examples
c:\Program Files\SysinternalsSuite>handle.exe |findstr /i "e:\"(finds all files opened from drivee:\"c:\Program Files\SysinternalsSuite>handle.exe |findstr /i "file-or-path-in-question"
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Best Answer
“wSS2008!”
(My understanding is that asking for information like this is the proper way to 'archive' it on the StackOverflow/Serverfault systems.. which is why I've answered my own question here..)
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