Re: Unknown Password.

From: andy smart (anonymus_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/05/05 

Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 10:24:31 +0100

pgilbert11 wrote:
> I have recentally taken over a small network at work and have no knowledge of
> any passwords.
>
> The systems are all set up without passwords except the server.
> There are four machines that were set up to access the server i assume by
> password. Unfortunately i had to rebuild a machine, which funily enough no
> longer has access to the server.
>
> I have full access to the server if i sit in front of it but cannot set up
> access from another machine.
>
> Any ideas please let me know.
> For further details e-mail me at pgilbert@wjp.demon.co.uk
>
> Thanks
> Paul

I'm taking a wild guess here - would it be a primary school by any
chance? :-)

Could we have more information please? What OS are the server and
clients running: and is the server configured to be a domain controller?

Is the server running DHCP to provide the clients with IP addresses, or
do they have to be assigned manually? If the addressing is incorrect
then the client and server cannot communicate.

andy

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