Microsoft Active Directory : Ix Best Tools To Reset Passwords

Intro

Active Directory (AD) is a directory service that Microsoft developed for Windows domain networks. It is included inward most Windows Server operating systems equally a laid upward of processes together with services.
These ix tools volition assistance you lot to reset the password - or hashes - of almost all Microsoft Active Directory domains.

ntpasswd

The famous Offline Windows Password & Registry Editor supports all Windows from NT 3.5 to Win10, 32 or 64bits together with the Server versions 2003+.

Official Windows DVD

For Server 2008, bask http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar-VoO9ogHc

RADPass

The tool RADPass is an offline Active Directory password remover.
How to use:

- Reboot a domain controller inward Directory Restore mode. - Backup NTDS.DIT. - Run RADPass. - Delete all LOG, EDB together with CHK files from the %SYSTEMROOT%\NTDS folder. If you lot used the %SYSTEMROOT%\NTDS folder equally your temporary folder together with then the tool cleaned upward all these files for you. - Perform an authoritative restore of the AD database if you lot accept multiple domain controllers. This volition replicate the alter to the other controllers. - Reboot the server. You should live able to login without a password for the target username.

SHEdit

The tool SHEdit is an offline editor for the SID History Active Directory attribute. This tool goes unopen to the limitation built into the DsAddSidHistory API allowing an administrator inward whatsoever domain to access whatsoever other domains inward the wood equally whatsoever user.
How to use:

- Get the SID for a user inward the target domain. - Reboot a domain controller inward Directory Restore mode. - Backup NTDS.DIT (optional simply recommended). - Run SHEdit. - Delete all LOG, EDB together with CHK files from the %SYSTEMROOT%\NTDS folder. If you lot used the %SYSTEMROOT%\NTDS folder equally your temporary folder together with then the tool cleaned upward all these files for you. - Perform an authoritative restore of the AD database if you lot accept multiple domain controllers. This volition replicate the alter to the other controllers. - Reboot the server. You should accept the desired access on the target domain. - Use the ClearSIDHistory.vbs script to delete the SID History attribute.

RevDump

The tool RevDump is a tool to dump password stored using reversible encryption, which applies to Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 alongside SP1, Windows Server 2003 alongside SP2.

ESE db viewer

ESEdbViewer / Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) is i of the to the lowest degree known together with notwithstanding most widely distributed database engines (on Windows). ESE is also known equally JET Blue, is an Indexed Sequential Access Method (ISAM) information storage applied scientific discipline from Microsoft.
ESE is notably a amount of Microsoft Exchange Server together with Active Directory. Its role is to allow applications to shop together with recall information via indexed together with sequential access. Windows Mail together with Desktop Search on Windows Vista also brand job of ESE to shop indexes together with belongings information respectively.

Libesedb

The tool Libesedb ia a library together with tools to access the Extensible Storage Engine (ESE) Database File (EDB) format. ESEDB is used inward may dissimilar applications similar Windows Search, Windows Mail, Exchange, Active Directory, etc.
The libesedb bundle contains the next tools:
- esedbexport, which exports the items stored inward ESE database files.
- esedbinfo, which shows the information nearly ESE database files.

fgdump / pwdump6

! Not Antivirus friendy !
The tool fgdump (doc & usage) or pwdump6 tin flaming dump Windows Server 2000 together with 2003 Active Directory.

Bulk Password Control

The tool Bulk Password Control is a tool to allow you lot to reset passwords for large numbers of Active Directory user accounts. Using the password generator, a dissimilar password tin flaming live used for each user occupation organisation human relationship or you lot tin flaming conduct to job the same password for all user accounts. Bulk Password Control tin flaming also live used to enable/disable together with unlock user accounts. If the additional Bulk Modify tool is installed you lot tin flaming also job Bulk Password Control to modify additional user attributes.

Links

Some links to teach further:
- http://www.jms1.net/nt-unlock.shtml : reset the Domain Admin Password nether Windows NT/2000 Server.
- http://www.nobodix.org/seb/win2003_adminpass.html : reset the Domain Admin Password nether Windows 2003 Server.
Active Directory Management tools:
http://www.adaxes.com/download.htm