If a system failure, because we have been hacked or you have lost the domain administrator password on a Windows server that is 2008-2003-2000 domain controller with active directory can recover or rather subtract with a new easy way. The following instructions are for resetting the password in Windows 2000, 2003 and 2008 Server with Active Directory.
The password is reset through the Restore Mode Directory Services (Active Directory Service Restore Mode, DSRM) in the access using the local administrator account on the server, unable to use the domain. The password for this account requests that we believe when we can install the Active Directory with dcpromo. It is totally independent of the domain administrator and is stored as on any Windows computer, within the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) in the% SystemRoot% \ System32 \ Config.
If not try to put the local administrator password on the server for restoration mode using any of the multitude of live CDs that contain programs that exist to reset passwords Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7, as the Offline NT Password & Registry Editor also can be used via the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows.
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