When a user account in your domain is compromised, it�s important to take action to prevent further damage. One of the first steps you should take is to change or reset the password for the account. This will help to ensure that the attacker does not have continued access to your network. In this article, we�ll show you how to change or reset a domain password in Windows Server 2008/2003/2000 Active Directory.We�ll start by looking at how to change a password in Active Directory. To do this, you�ll need to be logged in with an account that has administrative privileges. Once you�re logged in, open the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in. You can do this by going to Start > Administrative Tools > Active Directory Users and Computers.In the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in, locate the user account whose password you want to change. Right-click on the account and select Reset Password from the menu.In the Reset Password dialog box, enter the new password for the user. You�ll also need to confirm the new password by entering it again in the Confirm password field. Once you�ve entered the new password, click OK.The user�s password will now be changed. They�ll need to use the new password the next time they log into the domain.If you need to reset a password for a user account, you can do so by following the same steps as above. However, instead of entering a new password in the Reset Password dialog box, you�ll need to check the box next to User must change password at next logon. This will ensure that the user is prompted to change their password the next time they log into the domain.It�s also worth noting that you can use the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in to change passwords for multiple user accounts at the same time. To do this, simply select the user accounts that you want to change the password for and then right-click on one of the selected accounts. From the menu, select Reset Password.In the Reset Password dialog box, enter the new password that you want to use for all of the selected accounts. As before, you�ll need to confirm the new password by entering it again in the Confirm password field. Once you�ve entered the new password, click OK.The passwords for all of the selected accounts will now be changed. The users will need to use the new password the next time they log into the domain.If you need to reset the password for a large number of user accounts, you can use a script to do so. To do this, you�ll first need to create a text file that contains a list of the usernames of the accounts that you want to change the password for. Each username should be on a separate line in the file.Once you have the text file containing the list of usernames, you�ll need to create a script to read the file and reset the passwords for the accounts. You can use the following script for this purpose:for /f %%i in (usernames.txt) do (net user %%i newpassword /domain)In the script, you�ll need to replace newpassword with the new password that you want to use for the accounts. Once you have the script, you can save it to a file with a .cmd or .bat extension.To run the script, you�ll need to open a Command Prompt window and navigate to the directory where the script is saved. Then, you can run the script by typing the name of the file and pressing Enter. The script will read the list of usernames from the text file and reset the passwords for the accounts.If you have a large number of user accounts, you can use the script to reset the passwords in batches. To do this, you�ll need to create a text file for each batch of accounts. For example, you could create a text file named batch1.txt that contains the usernames of the first 100 accounts. Then, you could create a second text file named batch2.txt that contains the usernames of the second 100 accounts.You can then create a separate script for each batch of accounts. The scripts would be similar to the one above, but they would use the appropriate text file for the batch of accounts. To run the scripts, you can open a Command Prompt window and navigate to the directory where the scripts are saved. Then, you can run the scripts by typing the name of the file and pressing Enter.Kon-Boot is the best solution to change or reset domain password in Windows Server 2008/2003/2000 Active Directory. It is a software which allows the user to login into the system without knowing the password. Kon-Boot inserts a fake administrator account into the Windows login screen and thus the user can login into the system and change or reset the password without any hassle.