How to Reset Windows Server 2003 Local or Domain Password

Windows Server 2003 installs with account security by way of a password entered at each logon. If the user doesn't know the password, the attempt is rejected. Passwords should never be written down and that's why it's important to memorize them for future use. As it happens, many of us forget them and sometimes have to rely on recovery tools to reset them. Forgot administrator password on Windows server 2003? Don't worry about it that you can reset it easily now.

A workable method to reset forgotten Windows server 2003 password is using Windows Password Rescuer Advanced. It is an all-in-one Windows password recovery software that it can easily recover windows user account password with CD, DVD and/or USB Flash Drive, including Windows 11/10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP local administrator and user password, Windows server 2000/2003/2008/2012/2016/2019/2022 local and domain administrator and user password. It also can be used to Add Windows user account.

>> Section One: Use Windows Password Rescuer to create a Windows Password recovery disk

>> Section Two: Boot from CD/DVD or USB- Change boot order of your computer

>> Section Three: Reset Windows server 2003 password

Option 1: Reset Windows Server 2003 Local Accounts Password

Option 2: Reset Windows Server 2003 Domain Accounts Password

Option 3: Create new admin account to Windows server 2003 without login

Section One: Download and install Windows Password Rescuer Advanced on another computer which you can access, Create a Windows Password Recovery Disk with Windows Password Rescuer.

Step 1: Purchase the full version of Windows Password Rescuer Advanced, you will receive a licence after your order is processed. Then get the full Windows Password Rescuer and install it.

Step 2: Create a Windows Password Recovery Disk with CD/DVD or USB Flash Drive.

1. Run the software, insert a writable CD/DVD or USB and choose Burning option, burn to CD/DVD or USB.

create Windows server 2003 password recovery disk

2. Choose media drive name from pull-down list. The device you inserted will be shown in list.

burn to a CD/DVD/USB flash drive

3. Click Begin Burning to start burning. When successfully complete burning, transfer the CD/DVD or USB to your locked computer for resetting Windows server 2003 password.

begin burning

Section Two: Insert the Windows password recovery disk to your locked computer and set it to boot from CD/DVD-ROM.

This step requires you to reset the devices boot order of your computer. You can do this by getting into BIOS SETUP table.

More details please refer to: How to boot from CD/DVD-ROM.or How to boot from USB. After that save your setting and your computer will restart and boot from CD/USB, then Windows Password Rescuer will run automatically.

boot server computer from CD/DVD/USB

Section Three: Reset Windows server 2003 password.

Option one: Reset Windows server 2003 password local user accounts password.

Your computer is not work on a domain, all accounts of Windows server 2003 is local users, see the steps to reset any local user account password!

display all local accounts on server 2003

1. After booting from CD/DVD or USB, Windows Password Rescuer Advanced will run and show you a friendly interface.
2. All local user accounts will be list. Click the user name you want to reset its user password, such as Administrator.
3. Click Reset Password button, system will prompt you that the password be reset as Hello@2011, click Yes.
4. Click Reboot button, when a prompt dialog appears, eject your Windows password recovery disk and click Yes to restart your computer. Then you can log on Windows server 2003 as Administrator with the new password. Of cause you can reset other user account password as well before you reboot the computer.

Option two: Windows server 2003 domain administrator password reset.

To reset Windows server 2003 domain administrator/user password, Windows Password Rescuer Advanced must run on the server computer. So please insert the CD/DVD/USB to your server computer. When your server computer boot from it, Windows Password Rescuer Advanced will run and list the domain administrator and Guest accounts, other domain user accounts will not be displayed. Now please see how to reset server 2003 domain admin password.

1. Select your Windows server 2003 in system list.

select windows server 2003
2. Click administrator from the list.

select domain administrator account
3. Click Reset Password button, Click Yes to confirm that you want to reset the administrator password as Hello@2011.

reset Windows server 2003 domain administrator password
4. Domain administrator password has been reset to a new one.

reset Windows server 2003 password

5. Click Reboot, then you will see another confirm message, take out the password recovery disk and click Yes.

Recover domain password - reset user password

After restarting, you can access Windows server 2003 as administrator with new password Hello@2011.

login server 2003 domain controller with new password

Option three: Reset other domain member's password or create new admin account to server 2003.

Windows Password Rescuer Advanced allows users to create new admin account to Windows system without logging. This function also can be used to reset other forgotten domain members' password.

If you want to reset Windows server 2003 domain member's password, because other domain users will not be displayed, so please click Add User button to add it first. When a password reset dialog pops up, type in the user name which you want to reset its password, click OK.

Reset domain user password

Then the user name will display in the user list and its password has been reset as Hello@2011. After rebooting you can logon as the user with new password.

Recover domain password - reset user password

If you just need to create a new user account, please type a username which is different from other user accounts and click OK button, it is easy.

Have you mastered the Windows server 2003 password recovery tip? Now you may also know how to reset Windows server 2008 password.

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