Re: passwords resetting upon reboot of DC

Hello edtech,

In the default domain policy or a policy on domain level check the password policy settings and combine the needs with the password from the administrator, maybe they are different and accepted via AD reset but not during login, because to short or if you use password complexity settings it differs from the needs.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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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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