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See:<br />
<a href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/12/how-to-reset-your-lost-2003-active-directory-admin-password/" rel="ugc">http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/12/how-to-reset-your-lost-2003-active-directory-admin-password/</a>
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See:
http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/12/how-to-reset-your-lost-2003-active-directory-admin-password/ [http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2009/03/12/how-to-reset-your-lost-2003-active-directory-admin-password/]

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Go here: <a href="http://bit.ly/1dAmLT7" rel="ugc">http://bit.ly/1dAmLT7</a><br />
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Hover over the right side of the video to break out the Playlist.<br />
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Choose Episode 105. Write down the steps.<br />
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Takes about 5 minutes.<br />
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Please make sure to reset things back to the way they were!<br />
<br />
Philip
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Go here: http://bit.ly/1dAmLT7 [http://bit.ly/1dAmLT7]

Hover over the right side of the video to break out the Playlist.

Choose Episode 105. Write down the steps.

Takes about 5 minutes.

Please make sure to reset things back to the way they were!

Philip

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I've also used a program called chntpw alot that is quick and easy to reset LOCAL passwords. This won't help you reset AD passwords but is a nice tool to have:<br />
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<a href="http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/" rel="ugc">http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/</a>
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I've also used a program called chntpw alot that is quick and easy to reset LOCAL passwords. This won't help you reset AD passwords but is a nice tool to have:

http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ [http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/]

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You can logon with other domain admin account, access the local user and computers and reset the &nbsp;administrator password. <br />
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For more information, please take a look at the following article :<br />
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/189126/en-us" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/189126/en-us</a>
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You can logon with other domain admin account, access the local user and computers and reset the  administrator password.

For more information, please take a look at the following article :
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/189126/en-us [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/189126/en-us]

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Hello,<br />
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We took over a customers IT network and they have Server 2003. Now the previous IT guy did not provide the AD password. How can i retreive/reset it?
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Hello,

We took over a customers IT network and they have Server 2003. Now the previous IT guy did not provide the AD password. How can i retreive/reset it?

Retrieving Server Administrator Passowrd

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

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.

Active Directory

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.