Recovery Console or Directory Restore Safe Mode Administrator password

If Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 or later is installed on your computer, you can use the Setpwd.exe utility to change the SAM-based Administrator password. To do this:

1. At a command prompt, change to the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder.

2. To change the local SAM-based Administrator password, type

setpwd

and then press ENTER.

1. To change the SAM-based Administrator password on a remote domain controller, typesetpwd /s: servername

and then press ENTER, where servername is the name of the remote domain controller.

1. When you are prompted to type the password for the Directory Service Restore Mode Administrator account, type the new password that you want to use.

Note: If you make a mistake, repeat these steps to run setpwd again.

Method #2

On Windows 2000, if you do know the Directory Service Restore Mode Administrator password you can easily change it to something else by using the following method:

1. Shut down the domain controller on which you want to change the password.

2. Restart the computer. When the selection menu screen is displayed during the restart process, press F8 to view advanced startup options.

3. Select the Directory Service Restore Mode option.

4. After you successfully log on, use one of the following methods to change the local Administrator password:

At a command prompt, type the following command:

net user administrator *

or

Use the Local User and Groups snap-in (Lusrmgr.msc) to change the Administrator password.

1. Shut down and restart the computer.

You can now use the Administrator account to log on to Recovery Console or Directory Services Restore Mode using the new password.

Method #3

On Windows 2000, if you do not know the Directory Service Restore Mode Administrator password you can easily change it to something else by using the following method:

1. At a command prompt, type the following command:

net user administrator 123456

This will change the local administrator’s password to 123456.

You can now use the Administrator account to log on to Recovery Console or Directory Services Restore Mode using the new password.

Method #4

On Windows Server 2003, the setpwd or NET USER trick won’t work. Here, if you want to change the Directory Service Restore Mode Administrator password you’ll need to use the following method:

1. Click, Start, click Run, type

ntdsutil

and then click OK.

1. At the Ntdsutil command prompt, type

set dsrm password

1. 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.

1. At the DSRM command prompt, type q.

2. At the Ntdsutil command prompt, type q to exit.

You can now use the Administrator account to log on to Recovery Console or Directory Services Restore Mode using the new password.

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