{"id":240,"date":"2012-04-28T03:03:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-28T03:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=240"},"modified":"2012-04-28T03:03:50","modified_gmt":"2012-04-28T03:03:50","slug":"forgot-active-directory-password-how-to-reset-it-easily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/forgot-active-directory-password-how-to-reset-it-easily\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgot Active Directory Password? How to Reset It Easily"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have install first time Active Directory on my server 2003 and set the password within installation. And after this I forget password. Now I cannot logon even server 2003. Is there any possibility to logon my server and Active Directory or I need format & do installation again.If there is any way to out over this problem, tell me how to do this?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Forgot Active Directory password? The network administrator left without leaving the server password?\u00a0 The problem may become quite tricky if there are a lot of domain accounts in it. You may couldn’t simply choose to reinstall Active Directory as there are many factors you need to consider. Fortunately there is an easy-to-use Windows password recovery<\/a> software that can give you a hand. With Reset Windows Password<\/a> utility, you can easily and quickly reset forgotten Active Directory password in minutes.<\/p>\n

Let’s see how can you reset Active Directory password you forgot:<\/p>\n

Step 1: Burn a bootable CD\/DVD or USB flash drive<\/h3>\n
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  1. Click here<\/a> to download and save the Reset Windows Password<\/strong> self-extracting Zip file to a folder on your hard drive, then extract the ISO image file: ResetWindowsPwd.iso<\/span> from it.<\/li>\n
  2. Insert a blank CD\/DVD or USB flash drive on your computer.<\/li>\n
  3. Download and install the ISO2Disc<\/a> utility, launch the program.<\/li>\n
  4. Click the Browse<\/strong> button to locate your ISO image file, then click the Start Burn<\/strong> button to burn the ISO image to your CD\/DVD or USB flash drive.\n

    \"Burn<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Step 2: Change BIOS Settings<\/h3>\n
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    1. Boot your locked computer. When it is powered on, check the boot-screen for setup key (i.e. DELETE key, F8 key, F2 key) to enter BIOS Setup Utility<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    2. Use the arrow keys to select the BOOT<\/strong> tab, then change the Boot Device Priority<\/strong>: Set 1st Boot Device to CDROM if you just created a bootable CD or DVD, or set 1st Boot Device to Removable Device if a bootable USB flash drive was created.\n

      \"BIOS<\/li>\n

    3. Press F10<\/strong> to save your changes. Now your computer is able to boot from CD\/DVD or USB flash drive.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Step 3: Reset Windows Active Directory Password<\/h3>\n
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      1. Insert the newly burned CD\/DVD or USB flash drive to your locked computer, then reboot your computer.<\/li>\n
      2. Then you will see Reset Windows Password<\/strong> is initializing.\n

        \"Loading<\/li>\n

      3. Simply select the Active Directory database file (ntds.dit<\/span>), the program will list all domain accounts for your domain controller. Select a user account and click the Reset<\/strong> button, the password will be changed to Password123<\/span>.\n

        \"Reset<\/li>\n

      4. Click the Restart<\/strong> button to reboot the computer, you are able to log in to Active Directory (AD) server using the new password: Password123<\/span>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        In addition, Reset Windows Password<\/strong> also enables you to reset Windows local administrator and user password<\/a> on Windows 8, 7, 2008, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        I have install first time Active Directory on my server 2003 and set the password within installation. And after this I forget password. Now I cannot logon even server 2003. Is there any possibility to logon my server and Active Directory or I need format & do installation again.If there is any way to out […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,10],"tags":[96,93,95,94,45],"class_list":["post-240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-active-directory-password","category-tips-tricks","tag-active-directory-password-reset","tag-forgot-active-directory-password","tag-forgot-administrator-password","tag-reset-active-directory-password","tag-reset-windows-password"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240\/revisions\/242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}