Re: passwords resetting upon reboot of DC

Hi Meinolf,

Let me clarify...
After rebooting the DC, I try to login with the domain administrator account
and login fails with incorrect password (I know I am entering the correct
password). I then login with a different account that has domain admin privs
and then go into AD and reset the password for the administrator account.
After resetting the password, I am able to login with the administrator
account. I know of an account in a separate OU has the same issue after
reboot. Very odd.
Thanks!

"Meinolf Weber" wrote:

Hello edtech,

What do you mean with reset? During login you get the window that you have
to change the password? Please post the exact message.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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Hello,
I have had a strange ongoing issue. We have two 2003 SP1 DCs.
Everytime I
reboot either DC, the domain Administrator password, as well as at
least one
other account, have to be reset. It doesn't matter which DC I reboot,
it
happens every time. I've been running an eval of Spotlight on AD and
have
been running tests with it; nothing seems to be showing an issue
there. I've
run various AV/spyware/rootkit scans with nothing found. The last two
admin
passwords have been long; 13-20 characters with special characters
included.
I'm stumped, has anyone seen this before?
Thanks!



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