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Posted by =?Utf-8?B?UGF0cmljayBMdWJsaW4= on January 4, 2006, 4:21 pm
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Okay, so I'm one of those people who:
1) Have logged on to all of my servers with the administrator account; and,
2) Have services running on most of the servers that start with the
administrator account.
So, how do I go about changing the password without locking myself out?
Thanks!
"Ballyb" wrote:
> Nice 1, thanks.
>
> "David Davis" wrote:
>
> > I would recommend logging in as the domain administrator, hitting
Ctl-Alt-Del
> > and using the change password utility. Be sure that you are not logged on
> > using this account on any other machine on the network. Also, make sure that
> > you are not running any services using this account. (not trying to insult
> > your intelligence, I have several clients that, in the past, have assigned
> > this account to a service) If you are logged elswhere on or have services
> > running and you change the password, then you will end up locking the Domain
> > Admin account.
> > --
> > David Davis, MCSE, CCNA, Security +
> > Network Engineer
> >
> >
> > "Ballyb" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi, We have been told we have to change our Domain Administrator password.
> > >
> > > Is this as simple as going into A/D and reseting the password or is there
> > > more involved.
> > >
> > > Any advice would be grateful.
> > >
> > > Thx
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