Re: what is reset account?

Yes computers have passwords, yes they change periodically (every 30 days by default for anything later than Windows 2000, every 7 days for NT). The reset account resets the password to the default password if you need to rejoin a machine to the domain (usually an NT4 machine).

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Sasi wrote:
what does that "reset account" action on computer objects do?
somebody told me something about computer objects passwords and how they change periodically and so on,but I could not find anything explaining that in details.does a computer has a stored password in AD?does it changes periodically?does it have to do anything with "reset account"?
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