Blast shields up, admonishment below. The administrator account should never be used except for emergency, and should be a never changing un-expiring 15 character alpha-numeric-special password. If you change the password without the help of a 3rd party app, you are likely to face humongous problems because if they are forcing you to change it, that means it is commonly used and everything is probably installed with it. John Tolmachoff Engineer/Consultant/Owner eServices For You > -----Original Message----- > From: Saleem [mailto:sroumald@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 9:19 AM > To: [ExchangeList] > Subject: [exchangelist] Changing Administrator Password in Windows2000 > server > > http://www.MSExchange.org/ > > Hi guys, > > I have 3 domians controller running windows2000 server sp4 , It is time > now to change the password of the administrator because i have been told > to do so . please i need you advice to get this done properly. Any > suggestion > > Saleem > Turbocor > > ------------------------------------------------------ > List Archives: http://www.webelists.com/cgi/lyris.pl?enter=exchangelist > Exchange Newsletters: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/newsletter.asp > Exchange FAQ: http://www.msexchange.org/pages/larticle.asp?type=FAQ > ------------------------------------------------------ > Other Internet Software Marketing Sites: > Leading Network Software Directory: http://www.serverfiles.com > No.1 ISA Server Resource Site: http://www.isaserver.org > Windows Security Resource Site: http://www.windowsecurity.com/ > Network Security Library: http://www.secinf.net/ > Windows 2000/NT Fax Solutions: http://www.ntfaxfaq.com > ------------------------------------------------------