RE: Changing Administrator Password in Windows2000 server

  • From: "saleem" <sroumald@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "[ExchangeList]" <exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:41:44 -0500

Thanks John I'll take a look at it 

-----Original Message-----
From: John Tolmachoff (Lists) [mailto:johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: March 1, 2004 4:52 PM
To: [ExchangeList]
Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Changing Administrator Password in
Windows2000 server

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Yes there is. I am sure Quest or NetIQ have something, amoung others.

If there is something in the black area, even if I knew it, I would not
recommend it, because stuff like that you never know what it could be
doing
in the background.

Point is, it will not be cheap.

John Tolmachoff
Engineer/Consultant/Owner
eServices For You


> -----Original Message-----
> From: saleem [mailto:sroumald@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 1:32 PM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Changing Administrator Password in
Windows2000
> server
> 
> http://www.MSExchange.org/
> 
> Ok but is there other ways like a software which can detect all this
> things ?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Tolmachoff (Lists) [mailto:johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: March 1, 2004 4:32 PM
> To: [ExchangeList]
> Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Changing Administrator Password in
> Windows2000 server
> 
> http://www.MSExchange.org/
> 
> If it were only services, yes you can do that.
> 
> My concern is there are items that are affected that are not as easily
> found.
> 
> SQL databases
> Scheduled tasks
> Registrations
> Recovery Console
> 
> John Tolmachoff
> Engineer/Consultant/Owner
> eServices For You
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: david [mailto:apba08@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 12:34 PM
> > To: [ExchangeList]
> > Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Changing Administrator Password in
> Windows2000
> > server
> >
> > http://www.MSExchange.org/
> >
> > Dear Saleem,
> >
> > I'm not sat at a W2K server at present but I think that it is
possible
> to
> > change the password manually.
> >
> > I agree with everything everyone else has said about setting the
> > administrator password in an extremely secure way and only logging
on
> as
> > "administrator" very occasionally but in my case I have inherited a
> system
> > where the only administrative ID was "Administrator". In my early
days
> of
> > little experience I just tried to change it and it became clear very
> > quickly
> > that many other services could not then run, because they were
> dependent
> > upon the "administrator" ID and its password.
> >
> > I think that if you open up "services" from the control panel you
can
> go
> > through each service that is running and examine the "start up"
> > properties.
> > I think that this also gives you the opportunity to change the
> password. I
> > haven't yet plucked up the courage to do this and would welcome
advice
> > from
> > others as to whether or not my view is right.
> >
> > Sincerely
> >
> > David S.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: saleem [mailto:sroumald@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 01 March 2004 18:43
> > To: [ExchangeList]
> > Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Changing Administrator Password in
> Windows2000
> > server
> >
> > http://www.MSExchange.org/
> >
> > Do you know any apps that can do the job ? please let me know
> >
> > Saleem
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Tolmachoff (Lists) [mailto:johnlist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: March 1, 2004 1:41 PM
> > To: [ExchangeList]
> > Subject: [exchangelist] RE: Changing Administrator Password in
> > Windows2000 server
> >
> > http://www.MSExchange.org/
> >
> > 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
> > >
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