RE: Problem with PDC admin account

From: Jeff Qiu (jefffqiu@online.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/20/02 

From: jefffqiu@online.microsoft.com (Jeff Qiu)
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 07:04:50 GMT

Hi Matthew,

After you setup your server as a domain controller, there is no local user
group any longer.

There is no way to reset the domain admin password if you do not have other
domain admin users.

You may need to parallel install another Windows 2000 system on another
partition to find back the files.

Regards,

Jeff Qiu
jefffqiu@online.microsoft.com
Online Support Professional
Microsoft Corporation

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>Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message
>From: "Matthew Judd" <mjudd@multimedialed.com>
>Sender: "Matthew Judd" <mjudd@multimedialed.com>
>Subject: Problem with PDC admin account
>Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:37:12 -0800
>microsoft.public.win2000.security
>
>I have a server that is a PDC, it is also the only
>machine on that domain. I changed the Domain admin
>password, and I don't know what happened, but it is not
>taking it and now I can't login. I do know the Admin
>password for the local machine, and I was able to get
>back into windows using the Directory Services Repair
>mode. However in this mode the Active Directory Users and
>Computers plugin does not work, it says it can't find the
>RPC. Is there anyway to reset the Domain admin password
>from the local machine like this somehow.
>
>Matthew Judd
>

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