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How To Reset the Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator Account Password in Windows Server 2003
This article was previously published under Q322672
This article describes how to reset the Directory Services
Restore Mode (DSRM) administrator password for any server in your domain
without restarting the server in DSRM. Microsoft Windows 2000 uses the Setpwd utility to reset the DSRM password. In Microsoft Windows Server 2003, that functionality has been integrated into the NTDSUTIL tool. Note that you cannot use the procedure
that is described in this article if the target server is running in DSRM. A
member of the Domain Administrators group sets the DSRM administrator password
during the promotion process for the domain controller. You can use
Ntdsutil.exe to reset this password for the server on which you are working, or
for another domain controller in the domain.
To Reset the DSRM Administrator Password
- Click, Start, click Run, type ntdsutil, and then click OK.
- At the Ntdsutil command prompt, type set dsrm
password.
- At the DSRM command prompt, type one of the following
lines:
- To reset the password on the server on which you are
working, type reset password on server null. The null
variable assumes that the DSRM password is being reset on the local computer.
Type the new password when you are prompted. Note that no characters appear
while you type the password.
-or- - To reset the password for another server, type
reset password on server
servername, where
servername is the DNS name for the server on which
you are resetting the DSRM password. Type the new password when you are
prompted. Note that no characters appear while you type the
password.
- At the DSRM command prompt, type q.
- At the Ntdsutil command prompt, type q to exit.
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition (32-bit x86)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition
- Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition
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