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windows 2003 local password - forgotten
hi i can logon to my file printer server win 2003 domain successfully.
qns1. i have forgotten my local password and wish to be able to take member server off the domain and eventually put it back!!
note: i have just used an old disc that recovers passwords etc and after this software detecting a single 'sam' it located user accounts so i selected admin account and saw that 'clear password' was auto selected.
when logging on locally it appears to logon successfully now with no password, but it then prompted a windows to change password so i selected no and did not complete the following:
- old password
- new password
- retype password
it has still continued to logon normally!
- ive now logged off locally and logged onto domain successfully as usual.
- ive now removed this server from the domain successfully
- when logging on locally it still prompts: "your password expires today. do you want to change it now" - ive selected cancel and it lets me logon locally without a password as expected!
qns1. can anyone advise on how to go about setting a local password and get back to normal ?
qns1. i have forgotten my local password and wish to be able to take member server off the domain and eventually put it back!!
note: i have just used an old disc that recovers passwords etc and after this software detecting a single 'sam' it located user accounts so i selected admin account and saw that 'clear password' was auto selected.
when logging on locally it appears to logon successfully now with no password, but it then prompted a windows to change password so i selected no and did not complete the following:
- old password
- new password
- retype password
it has still continued to logon normally!
- ive now logged off locally and logged onto domain successfully as usual.
- ive now removed this server from the domain successfully
- when logging on locally it still prompts: "your password expires today. do you want to change it now" - ive selected cancel and it lets me logon locally without a password as expected!
qns1. can anyone advise on how to go about setting a local password and get back to normal ?
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hi kcts, ive just also been looking through that link you just sent me and saw:
"you do not need to know the old password to set a new one" - ive now added a new password and did not complete the 'old password' - this has worked successfully.
ha ha perfect!! :)
"you do not need to know the old password to set a new one" - ive now added a new password and did not complete the 'old password' - this has worked successfully.
ha ha perfect!! :)
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thanks for those extra comments!! appreciated!!!
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sound advice!!!
Windows Server 2003
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).
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i have already used some software and can now access my file & print server locally. this issue i have i have explained which is my now new issue! :)