Re: Locking down the Domain Administrator Account

From: Mark (dvilledude30@hotmail.com)
Date: 02/05/03 

From: "Mark" <dvilledude30@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 10:49:33 -0800

Microsoft recommends renaming the Administrator account
and giving it a secure password and then creating another
account called Administrator with almost no rights on the
network so if a hacker gets the password it has no rights
on your network.

>-----Original Message-----
>> Micorsoft recommend use of the passprop.exe utility in
the
>> NT4 Resource Kit. I'm advised by the techies in our
>> organization that passprop does not work for Win 2000.
Is
>> this correct?
>
>I'm not sure it works or doesn't work, but strong
passwords can be enforced
>via group policy in 2000, so I'm not sure that it would
be needed.
>
>
>.
>

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