Re: Unable to Change Administrator Password

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"James" <James@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am running Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition and I am unable to
change the password on the administrator account. Actually, I am unable
to
reset any users' password in AD. I right click on the user account,
select
reset password, type in the new password, hit enter, and I get the
following
AD error message:

"Windows cannot complete the password change for Administrator because:
Windows cannot find the network path. Verify that the network path is
correct and the destination computer is not busy or turned off. If
Windows
still cannot find the network path, contact your network administrator."

Note. I am at the local machine trying to do this, if it makes any
difference.

Thanks in advance,
James


You wouldn't have a %temp% variable that points at a mapped
folder, would you?


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