Re: Remember SBS Admin Password

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From: Michael Pomerleau (mindyp_at_pivot.net)
Date: 08/23/04


Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 07:41:25 -0700

No, I did not rename the Administrator account.

Any ideas?

I'll repost the issue in hopes that a Microsoft SBS
support person can help.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Michael,
>
>Something else is wrong if you need to do that. What did
you do to those
>servers because this is not normal behavior. Did you
rename the
>administrator account or something like that?
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Marina
>Microsoft SBS-MVP
>
>"Michael Pomerleau" <mindyp@pivot.net> schreef in bericht
>news:9f8201c486f4$5b5f9730$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> Yes, I turned off the Screen Saver check box that
prompts
>> for a password; so that is not it.
>>
>> Like I said, every menu in Server Manager and every IE
>> web site access requires me to logon again. So as I
move
>> around chaecking things out: Backup Logs, Event Viewer,
>> SUS, DNS, Exchange, ISA, etc. I get repeatedly prompted
>> for credential authentication. I have two seperate SBS
>> 2003 Production servers and another SBS 2003 Test
server
>> and they all act the same.
>>
>> I really need a solution!
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Hi Michael,
>> >
>> >Are you serious that you have to give your credentials
>> every 3 minutes???
>> >Did you have a look at the screensaver options yet?
>> >
>> >--
>> >Regards,
>> >
>> >Marina
>> >Microsoft SBS-MVP
>> >
>> >"Michael Pomerleau" <mindyp@pivot.net> schreef in
bericht
>> >news:9fe801c486d7$a10693f0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> Yes I do want that! I'm sick of having to logon
twenty
>> >> times during a one hour maintenance session at the
>> >> console or via RDP; once should be enough.
>> >>
>> >> Will you help me?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> >Hi Michael,
>> >> >
>> >> >Err, you don't want that. Especially not with the
>> >> administrators account.
>> >> >
>> >> >--
>> >> >Regards,
>> >> >
>> >> >Marina
>> >> >Microsoft SBS-MVP
>> >> >
>> >> >"Michael Pomerleau" <mindyp@pivot.net> schreef in
>> bericht
>> >> >news:9fb601c486d4$62f2e210$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> >> I'd like to know how I gan get the SBS 2003
server
>> to
>> >> >> remember the Administrator passowrd or otherwise
>> turn
>> >> off
>> >> >> the feature that requires me to logon repeatedly
to
>> >> every
>> >> >> Server Manager or Internet Explorer screen as I
open
>> >> them?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I've checked the box to have my password
remembered
>> at
>> >> >> logon, but it doesn't work.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Any ideas?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >.
>> >> >
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>



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