Re: new install on new server

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From: Frank (holcomb.frank_at_acd.net)
Date: 09/11/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2004 03:27:50 -0700

early in the install is when it happens, it says 39
minutes left to go forever and we can't enter the admin
password ,(setting the password for the os/system) and we
have tried many combinations.

>-----Original Message-----
>At exactly what point is this ?
>There a re several points at which you enter the Admin
Password or the
>Logon Occurs if you don't elect to have the script log-on
automatically.
>
>--
>Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}
> Melbourne Australia
>
>"Frank" <holcomb.frank@acd.net> wrote in message
>news:048601c497ae$3341f200$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> we have a new dell server shipped with out the os, when
we
>> try to load Windows 2003 SBS, we get to where we have to
>> enter the administrative password and again to confirm
it
>> and we get an error message that we can't change the
>> administrative password. We rebuilt the raid and
formatted
>> the drives and we still can not install the OS on this
>> machine. can anyone offer some suggestions????
>
>
>.
>

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