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if this machine is a Domain controller then any domain admin should be able to login....
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if this machine is a Domain controller then any domain admin should be able to login....

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there is 1 domain admin which i do not know the password for, i will try erd later, although i was under the impression it didn't work for an active directory password
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there is 1 domain admin which i do not know the password for, i will try erd later, although i was under the impression it didn't work for an active directory password

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I was doing some research on my own and found similar answers with the 2 links you provided, this seems to be the right answer, i'll attempt later but am very confident this will fix the problem
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I was doing some research on my own and found similar answers with the 2 links you provided, this seems to be the right answer, i'll attempt later but am very confident this will fix the problem

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I have a windows 2003 server which i do not know the password for. This machine is a domain controller. I do have carbonite running which has all the data backed up, i really don't want to reload the machine and restore all the data. Is there a way to clear this password without having to reload?
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I have a windows 2003 server which i do not know the password for. This machine is a domain controller. I do have carbonite running which has all the data backed up, i really don't want to reload the machine and restore all the data. Is there a way to clear this password without having to reload?

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