Re: Password Problem with Server Login

On Feb 6, 4:21 pm, "Herb Martin" <n...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Erik Cheizoo" <echeizoo.XenD...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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I don;t have any other answer then the others. Looks like someone played a
trick on you or your AD has been compromised.

However, the line I'd like to respond to is "We periodically reboot our
server (once a month) ". Does this mean that you do not deploy security
patches at a regular interval? If you do, that would be your reboot
moment...

Good point. That sentence bugged me too but for the wrong reason which
Erik caught.

I would NEVER reboot my DCs except for the patches which was what
bugged me when I read it.

But, since patches practically always (these days) require reboots more
often than once per month, sometimes once per week, sometimes not
(theorectically) for much longer.

--
Herb Martin, MCSE, MVPhttp://www.LearnQuick.Com
(phone on web site)

Just to clarify, I was off-site when this happened. Before calling me,
an employee rebooted the Server thinking it would solve an Internet
connection problem. We apply Windows 2000 Security patches as they are
available. We check for them weekly as recently there are very few for
2000. We always reboot the server before installing anything so the
next time we install something we have a better idea of what may cause
a reboot issue. I just stated we reboot periodically becasue I did not
think the frequency was important.

I am just trying to determine if the password was changed or is it is
corrupted....

.

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