Forgot the Administrator's Password? - Reset Domain Admin Password in Windows Server 2003/2008 Active Direcotry
If you forgot your Windows Server, that is an Active Directory Domain Controller, administrator password, there is no need to worry. With our Windows Server Password Recovery product you can easily and instantly reset both local and domain user account passwords without data lose.
We have several solutions to ensure 100% success out of resetting Windows Domain Administrator Password.
Solution 1:
Steps to directly reset Windows Server Domain Administrator Password:
1, Download and install Lazesoft Server Password Recovery on any computer you can access to.
2, Launch Lazesoft Server Password Recovery Media Builder to burn a bootable CD or USB flash disk.(Read More...)
3, Insert the burned CD or USB flash disk to your locked computer and set the computer BIOS to boot from USB flash disk or boot from CD. Reset lost Windows Server 2003/2008 local password to blank.
- Select the Windows Server system you need to recover password for and select Reset Domain Password on the Windows Volume Selection page, click Next.
- Choose the method to reset domain password. There are two methods: reset administrator password or add user account within Administrators Group. Click one action button to continue.
- Write down the user name and password info on the record info.
Step 4, Remove the Recovery boot CD from this computer. Click Finish to Restart computer to Windows Server login screen.


Step 5, On the login screen, press Windows Logo Key + U to ensure reset domain user password.


Step 6, Log on with recorded user account and password.
Solution 2:
Firstly, use Lazesoft Recover My Password Server Edition to reset local administrator and user passwords to blank, and then use Lazesoft Domain Admin Password Changer plugin to reset your Domain Admin passwords on Windows Server 2003 or 2008 Active Directory Domains.
Step 1
Restart Windows 2003 or 2008 in Directory Service Restore Mode.

Note: At startup, press F8 and choose Directory Service Restore Mode. It disables Active Directory. When the login screen appears, log on as Local Administrator. You now have full access to the computer resources, but you cannot make any changes to Active Directory.
Step 2
Now please download the Lazesoft Domain Admin Password Changer plugin.
Decompress it and run "change-admin-passwd-cmd.exe".

Then restart Windows normally, the program will reset the domain admin password.
Step 3
Log on with the Administrator's account with the password "P@ssw0rd1!".