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Name: rogermm2000 Date: July 26, 2006 at 08:19:22 Pacific OS: windows 2003 small busine CPU/Ram: 1gb Product: intel
Comment:
i forgot windows 2003 small business server administrator password ,i have change local administrator password but when i run the following command c:\winnt\system32>net user administrator newspassword i do get error that i donot have access
i have change local administrator password on windows 2003 small business server local but i cannot change active directory password when i run the following command c:\winnt\system32>net user adminis
Name: Firecodex (by firecodex) Date: July 26, 2006 at 12:01:10 Pacific
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The subject is "active directory password", but your message states you want to change the local admin password. So is this server on a domain or not? If its on a domain, just use the domain admin account to change the local admin password.
If not, and there are no other admins on the box, there are several ways to do this, but I'd recommend using a product called "ERD Commander". It is a bootable cd which allows you to diagnose problems with the machine as well as change the local admin password.
Name: heropsycho2177 Date: July 26, 2006 at 18:45:13 Pacific
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SBS2003 must be a domain to function, so it is a domain.
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Name: Firecodex (by firecodex) Date: July 27, 2006 at 06:48:21 Pacific
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So which password do you need to recover then? The local admin password or the domain admin password? In your first post you said you needed to reset the local admin password... but you should know that you can reset the local admin password with the domain admin account. So is it the domain admin password you need to recover?
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