Re: Administrator account does not have rights

From: Daryl Davis (therulnotspam_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/09/04

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    This sounds alot like what has happend to us. I will be looking at this
    very closely too.
    Thank you
    Daryl Davis
    "Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@nospam-comcast.net> wrote in message
    news:Dlnxc.63521$eY2.1982@attbi_s02...
    > I would say that could be a definite sign of a virus or hack. If you are
    talking
    > about an account that is a domain administrator, then check to see if the
    domain
    > admins group was removed from the local administrators group on the
    computer. I would
    > check membership of the local administrators group anyhow to make sure it
    looks right
    > and that the account you are trying is indeed in that group and not a
    regular account
    > renamed "administrator" which is commonly done. You could try to run
    secedit as
    > described in the link below to see if it fixes things, but you probably
    should
    > consider the server compromised unless you find a good explanation. If you
    have
    > auditing of logon events and account management enabled on servers, it can
    help
    > determine what happened in such situations assuming the security log had
    not been
    > erased which in itself would leave an event for. Also be sure to change
    all
    > administrator passwords on that server ASAP. --- Steve
    >
    > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;313222
    >
    > "Rebecca Owens" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    > news:19d1101c44d77$d809e2b0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
    > > Hey there;
    > >
    > > I needed to know if you guys have seen this problem
    > > before. I have a 2000 server and the administrator
    > > account has no rights to change anything. All of a sudden
    > > this started happening. Is there a virus or something
    > > that causes that? What can I do to fix it?
    > >
    > > Thanks for all your help
    > >
    > > Rebecca
    >
    >


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