You can buy enterprise software that will do the job, the most common being:Īlternatively, the following is free, works well, but it involves many steps. If it is a Domain Controller most of the free or inexpensive password tools will not work. I have tried other methods not listed below that have corrupted Active Directory and resulted in server rebuilds or restores, so a backup is critical. Use at your own risk, there are no guarantees or warrantees associated with any of the material below, and make sure you back up anything you can still access through shares and such before attempting. Keep in mind none of the following is my original material though have tried to give credit when possible.

Hopefully the following information will be used in a responsible manor. Rather than continually advising folk or posting elsewhere I thought it best to blog a few methods and in future provide a link to this site, feel free to do so yourself as well. “Help! I cannot log onto my server, how do reset the domain admin’s password?” This has been asked a thousand times.

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