Re: Password Problem - Server

On Feb 7, 11:45 am, "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]"
<mwport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
TTBOMK, you wouldn't be able to know which backup to use. In general, I
believe a corrupt AD is going to give you some kind of warning (errors when
users log in). I like to think that daily surveillance is a must with
servers. Multiple backups may be your only hope for this situation. You
would have to take a guess as to which System State backup to restore and
then try it. If that didn't fix the problem, again try with an earlier
backup. The alternative may be either a lengthy call to Microsoft or a
reinstall of the entire server.

Maybe others have a take on this?

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On Feb 7, 8:06 am, "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]"
<mwport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
So you don't have a backup prior to the premature reboot of the server?

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On Feb 6, 11:25 pm, "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]"
<mwport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes, in the absence of any indication of accidental or intentional
tampering
with Group Policies or Group memberships, I'm thinking corruption.
You
could "assume" that the system state was OK before the Internet access
problem. This link may help...

Restoring Active Directory with TapeWare
7.0http://www.yosemitetech.com/support/wizard/view_kb.aspx?ID=1304

The other option is to call Microsoft Support ($$).

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On Feb 6, 3:31 pm, "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]"
<mwport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Do you have a recent backup of the SBS 2003 System State that you
can
restore?

How To Use the Backup Program to Back Up and Restore the System
State
in
Windows
2000http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;240363&sd=tech

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On Feb 6, 2:21 pm, "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]"
<mwport@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Can you log in remotely (from a LAN workstation using Remote
Desktop
Connection)?

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I know this is a newsgroup for SBS2003 but I am hoping someone
has
previous experience with SBS2000, plus I cannot find a "high
activity"
newsgroup for SBS2000. We are using SBS2000 and it is a Domain
Controller. We periodically reboot our server (once a month)
and
had
to recently for a problem related to Internet access that
turned
out
to be unrelated to the server -it was a router issue. We tried
to
login with the Administrator account like we usually do and
the
password would not work. We verified the keyboard was working
correctly, tried to do it remotely, and the password would not
work.
We tried 2 other user accounts that are part of the Domain
Administrators group and neither would work. We also tried an
account
we setup in case this happened, and it did not work.

We think there is a problem with our password being accepted
for
any
user. What can we do or try to resolve this.

1. Should we be able to login to the server with another user
account
that is a member of the Domain Admins?

2. If not, then somehow the password for the Administrator is
corrupt
or wrong. What can we do in either case? Thanks- Hide quoted
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We tried an RDC from a workstation on the domain to the server.
The
Administrator password would not work this way either.- Hide
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We have a daily backup, and assuming it backs up the system state,
we
have no idea when the system state was "ok". So this would not do us
any good, would it? Also, once we are in Safe Mode, it looks like we
have to recover from our backup media, which I am not sure we can in
Safe Mode. We use a tape backup and use a product called Yosemite
Backup Standard.

Are you thinking something is corrupt in the Domain Admins and
Administrator accounts? Could we test this by attempting to login to
a
workstation on the domain using a "Domain Admins" account??

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Thanks for the reply. We determined the Internet access problem was
due to the router, not the server. They rebooted the server
prematurely. So I do not have a good indicator of system state.- Hide
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I just arrived on-site and was able to use the adminpak.msi on an XP
PC on the LAN to reset the Administrator password. It was discovered
that a software vendor changed the password and did not tell anyone!

On the backup question, let's assume that the system state became
corrupted on some unknown day prior to this problem. Let's assume that
the Active Directory had been corrupted at that time. How would one
know what backup to use to restore a good system state?

Thanks for your help through this..I am glad it is resolved.- Hide quoted text -

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What does TTBOMK mean..trying to learn all I can here. Thanks for the
input.

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