Re: Unable to Change Administrator Password
- From: "Ace Fekay [MVP]" <PleaseAskMe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 19:21:18 -0500
In news:259ED086-631E-4A54-9863-8D8DF73BF185@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
James <James@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
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
Sounds like the DC is trying to find the DC that holds the PDC Emulator FSMO
role. Even if it is the DC itself you are attempting this on, it still needs
to find it. How does it find it? It queries DNS, specifically the DNS
address in IP properties. Now if you have an ISP or some other external DNS
address listed, then I would expect things like this to occur as well as
numerous other problems.
What can also cause it if the domain controller is multihomed, meaning it
has multiple NICs installed. This is a real big problem with DCs.
Another cause is if the AD DNS domain name is a single lable name, such as
the domain (zone) name in DNS is "DOMAIN" rather than the required minimum
format of "domain.com,", "domain.local," "domain.james," etc.
To better assist, please post an UNEDITED ipconfig /all. This will allow us
to view your AD infrastructure basic configuration to help towards coming up
with a solution.
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Regards,
Ace
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Ace Fekay, MCSE 2003 & 2000, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSE+I, MCT,
MVP Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
Microsoft Certified Trainer
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