Re: Password/Services Change Question

From: Miha Pihler (mihap-news_at_atlantis.si)
Date: 09/29/04

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    Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:37:19 +0200

    Hi Kevin,

    You should change password on service account after your change the account
    password. To make sure everything works, restart the service after you make
    the change.

    Mike

    "Kevin" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:322701c4a5a9$8f27e8f0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
    > Will changing a domain account password that some services
    > have logged on as make the services stop or will
    > everything keep on running? In other words, the account
    > that the service is running as needs to be changed, per
    > company policy. Can I do this with the services running?
    > or should I take no chances and stop each of them before
    > changing the password?
    >
    > Thanks in advance for your help.
    > Kevin

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