{"id":7649,"date":"2016-09-09T14:59:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T14:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=7649"},"modified":"2016-09-09T14:59:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T14:59:06","slug":"reset-domain-admin-password-on-windows-server-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/reset-domain-admin-password-on-windows-server-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Ways to Reset Domain Admin Password on Windows Server 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

How can I change domain password from command line? Have you forgotten domain administrator password? In this tutorial we’ll show you 4 ways to reset domain admin password on Windows Server 2008 domain controller.<\/p>\n

Method 1: Reset Domain Admin Password Using Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Click the Start<\/strong> button, and then select All Programs<\/strong> > Administrative Tools<\/strong> > Active Directory Users and Computer<\/strong>.\n

    \"active-directory-users-and-computers\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. When the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC snap-in opens, expand your domain and click Users<\/strong> in the left pane.<\/li>\n
  3. In the right pane, right-click the name of the account, and click Reset Password<\/strong>.\n

    \"reset-domain-password\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. Type and then confirm the new password. Click OK<\/strong>.\n

    \"enter-new-domain-password\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Method 2: Reset Domain Admin Password from Command Line<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. To get started, you need to open an elevated Command Prompt. Click the Start<\/strong> button, and then select All Programs<\/strong> > Accessories<\/strong>. Right-click on Command Prompt<\/strong> and select Run as administrator<\/strong>.\n

      \"run-cmd-as-admin\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    2. At the Command Prompt, you can run the net user user_name new_password \/domain<\/strong> command to change your domain user password. For example, if you wan to change the password of the user Tom<\/em> to P@ssword123<\/em>, run the below command:
      \nnet user Tom P@ssword123 \/domain<\/code><\/p>\n

      \"reset-domain-password-from-command\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    3. Now you’ve successfully reset your domain administrator password from command line.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Method 3: Reset Domain Admin Password by Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. When you’re logged into Windows Server, press the Ctrl+Alt+Del<\/strong> key combination, you will still see this task menu. Click Change a password<\/strong>.\n

        \"ctrl-alt-del-screen\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      2. Type your old password followed by a new password as indicated, and then type the new password again to confirm it. Press Enter or click on the blue arrow pointing right.\n

        \"change-domain-password\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

      3. You should then receive a message stating that you have successfully changed your password.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Method 4: Reset Domain Admin Password Using PCUnlocker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        1. Download PCUnlocker Enterprise<\/a> (distributed as .zip format) and save it to your desktop. When the download is complete, right-click on the .zip file to extract it.<\/li>\n
        2. After extracting, burn the PCUnlocker ISO file to your USB flash drive using ISO2Disc<\/a> – an excellent utility that helps to create bootable CD\/USB flash drive from ISO file.\n

          <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        3. Next insert the USB flash drive into your Windows Server machine. Restart the server and enter into BIOS Setup: set the USB as first boot device. After booting from USB, it’ll take you to the PCUnlocker application.<\/li>\n
        4. Switch the recovery mode to Reset Active Directory Password<\/strong>. The program will display your domain accounts stored in the Active Directory database. Choose an user and click Reset Password<\/strong>.\n

          \"pcunlocker\"<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        5. Click Yes<\/strong> to confirm and your domain user password will be changed to Password123<\/em> immediately.\n

          \"reset-forgotten-domain-password\"<\/p>\n

          Reboot the server without USB, you can then log in to Windows Server 2008 domain controller successfully. That’s it!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          How can I change domain password from command line? Have you forgotten domain administrator password? In this tutorial we’ll show you 4 ways to reset domain admin password on Windows Server 2008 domain controller. Method 1: Reset Domain Admin Password Using Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in Click the Start button, and then select All […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[197,2934,2932,2933],"class_list":["post-7649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","tag-reset-domain-administrator-password","tag-reset-domain-password-from-command-line","tag-windows-server-2008-domain-password","tag-windows-server-2008-password-reset"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7649","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=7649"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7666,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7649\/revisions\/7666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}