SBS install ate my admin password
- From: ck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (ck)
- Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 00:50:12 +1000
Hi all
I'm installing a brand new IBM X series 206M server with Small Business
Server 2003. All has gone pretty smoothly - I set the server name and
admin password as per instructions, as well as other bits and pieces.
The password worked fine through several reboots. That is until it asked
for disk two to be inserted. I fed the thing what it wanted and went off
to do something more interesting.
When I came back the CD drive was still happilly chattering away, and
Windows was running the default screensaver. Which had, of course,
locked the machine.
And that's when the fun started. It wouldn't recognise my password.
Now, as mentioned, I've been using the password for the entire install.
It is also the Bios password on the same machine so I know that I'm not
getting dazed and confused in my dotage.
I *really* don't want to go throught the whole tedious process from the
beginning again. Do I have any chance of getting back into this machine
at, presumably, a fairly critical part of the installation process?
If not there'll be some ritual sacrificing of SBS discs going on in the
back yard! :)
Many thanks in advance
ck
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