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Training to reset the password in the domain controller 2022

In this tutorial, we will take a look at how to reset a password in a user account in Domain Controller Windows Server 2022. Windows Server 2022 is the latest version of the Microsoft Windows Server family. In separate articles, I have already explained how to install the domain controller and Additional DC. Now it’s time to figure out how to reset a user’s password if he ever forgets it.

First, enter Server Manager and click on the Tools section’s Active Directory Users and Computers option.

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In the window that opens, find the desired user account and right-click on it. Choose Reset Password option from the opened menu.

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A window will open for you in which you must enter the new password twice and then click OK.

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Whenever you receive the following message, it means that your work has been done correctly.

 

What is a domain name?

A domain name is a string of text that maps to a numeric IP address used to access a website from client software. In plain English, a domain name is the text that a user types into a browser window to reach a particular website. For instance, the domain name for Google is ‘google.com’.

The actual address of a website is a complex numerical IP address (e.g., 103.21.244.0), but thanks to DNS, users are able to enter human-friendly domain names and be routed to the websites they are looking for. This process is known as a DNS lookup.

Who manages domain names?

Domain names are all managed by domain registries, which delegate the reservation of domain names to registrars. Anyone who wants to create a website can register a domain name with a registrar, and there are currently over 300 million registered domain names.

What’s the difference between a domain name and a URL?

A uniform resource locator (URL), sometimes called a web address, contains a site’s domain name and other information, including the transfer protocol and the path. For example, in the URL ‘https://cloudflare.com/learning/’, ‘cloudflare.com’ is the domain name, while ‘https’ is the protocol and ‘/learning/’ is the path to a specific page on the