Re: Server 2003 A/D Admin username changes on it's own

marcrramsay_at_hotmail.com
Date: 05/18/04 

Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 09:04:37 -0700

>-----Original Message-----
>On Fri, 14 May 2004 09:00:31 -0700, "Marc"
<marc_ramsay@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>First question, why are there no discussion groups for
>>Windows 2003 Server? Is it not officially released yet?
>>
>>I have a Windows 2003 Server running A/D with a Windows
>>2003 Server only network and about once a day the Pre-
>>Windows 2000 User Logon Name under the Account tab for
the
>>Domain Administrator's account properties reverts back
to
>>a previous account name.
>>
>>For a background to this issue, when the server was
first
>>set up the Administrator account was renamed to
LocAdmin.
>>After DCPROMO was run, the administrator account was
>>renamed to LABAdmin. Every day or two I have a problem
>>logging in to a server resource so I check the Account
>>properties for the LABAdmin account and the User logon
>>name (pre-Windows 2000) has changed back to LocAdmin.
>>
>>Too wierd. None of the other account settings have
>>changed, and everytime I change it back to LABAdmin,
>>within a day or so it's back to being LocAdmin.
>>
>>Bug, misconfiguration? Microsoft? Hello? I'm not paying
>>for a support call on this one.... :)
>
>
>microsoft.public.windows.server.<Many>
>
>Next time it changes, use http://support.microsoft.com?
kbid=816109
>to change it back.
>
>Jerold Schulman
>Windows: General MVP
>JSI, Inc.
>http://www.jsiinc.com
>.
>

Thanks for that Jerold.

When I set the GP to rename the administrator account I
expected it to rename the local administrator accounts,
not the domain administrator accounts. It's strange how it
only changed the pre-Windows 2000 user logon name and not
the A/D logon name. Looks like Microsoft needs to have two
settings in GP. One for renaming Domain Admin accounts and
one for local admin accounts.

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