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Here is a list of five tools <a href="http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm" rel="ugc">http://www.petri.co.il/forgot_administrator_password.htm</a><br />

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I found that site and the first two software mentions only xp or vista. &nbsp;I tried the Petter Nordahl-Hagen's Offline NT Password &amp;&nbsp;Registry Editor, but it will not work on the server because it can't find the drivers for the local RAID. &nbsp;The other ones see too complicated. &nbsp;I need something quick and fairly easy. &nbsp;Willing to pay a reasonable amount if there is a known good software that works.
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DO you have any user that is a domain admin that can access the server with their password? &nbsp;If so, logon to the server and change the local admin's password either via an RDP session or locally at the server's console.<br />
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Another option is go to <a href="http://www.ubcd4win.com" rel="ugc">http://www.ubcd4win.com</a>&nbsp;and make a boot disk. &nbsp;It has a password reset tool.<br />

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I am assuming this is a member server and not a server on the domain. If a member of the domain you simply shouldn't need to have domain admins in local accounts.<br />
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You can use a USER account to join up to 10 computers to the domain or you might be asked for the domain admin credentials when joining the domain. Either way, it sounds like you are golden. You don't have to promote it as a DC.<br />
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Once you join the domain, you will have domain admin access to change local user accounts. Then, you can unjoin the domain back to your workgroup. The question is, do you have ANY access to the 2003 server? <br />
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can someone recommend a tool to reset password for local administrator on a windows 2003 server x64? &nbsp;I removed domain admins from local administrators group and don't have the local administrator accounts password. &nbsp;Thanks.
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can someone recommend a tool to reset password for local administrator on a windows 2003 server x64?  I removed domain admins from local administrators group and don't have the local administrator accounts password.  Thanks.

local admin password reset

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).