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I assist in managing a large domain and time to time we run into issues that could easily be resolved if we could some how temporarily &quot;disable&quot; any given users password to allow us to login their profile for testing purposes. The catch is that we would like to be able to then re-enable the password as so the user does not have to change and/or remember a new password the next time they have to login and instead just continue to use the password they're familiar with. Resetting the password is not an option because the password a user uses is tied into other services such as webmail, so if the user for example was to try and log into email from home there password would not work. So in conclusion I need a method/program that will allow me temporarily disable a password to allow me to login do my thing then logout and re-enable their password so the user can go on doing whatever it is they do without any complications. 
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I assist in managing a large domain and time to time we run into issues that could easily be resolved if we could some how temporarily "disable" any given users password to allow us to login their profile for testing purposes. The catch is that we would like to be able to then re-enable the password as so the user does not have to change and/or remember a new password the next time they have to login and instead just continue to use the password they're familiar with. Resetting the password is not an option because the password a user uses is tied into other services such as webmail, so if the user for example was to try and log into email from home there password would not work. So in conclusion I need a method/program that will allow me temporarily disable a password to allow me to login do my thing then logout and re-enable their password so the user can go on doing whatever it is they do without any complications. 

Disable domain users passwords

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.