Re: Change Domain Administrator Password SBS 2K3

Definitely need to record the old (built-in) Administrator password.
Pre-Windows 2003 SP1, the (built-in) Administrator and DSRM passwords were
sync'd. I don't believe this was ever fixed post-Windows 2003 SP1. It can
be done manually:

How To Reset the Directory Services Restore Mode Administrator Account
Password in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;322672

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"kj [SBS MVP]" <KevinJ.SBS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Dan wrote:
I have a SBS 2003 Premium SP1 server that needs to have the
administrator password changed. The server is utilizing Exchange,
SQL 2005, SharePoint 2.0 w/SP2, as well as a host of application
services that are admin password dependent ie: Backup Exec, MAS 500
accounting, etc. There is also a 2003 member server acting as a
terminal server in the mix.

My question: Is there a document that thoroughly goes over changing
the password? I don't have much leaway timewise in "fixing" things
that may get broken because of the change.

Thanks,

Dan

Check for any Services running that is using the administrator account.
Hopefully none are. If they
are, those will need to be changed as well. It's also a good time to
evaluate if they should be using an appropriate service account instead
(imo, they should). Also a good idea to ensure that an alternate acount
exists with domain admin membership and you can log in using that account.

Record the old admin password. Change the admin password. Modify services
using the admin account to use the new password and restart.

Your backout is to revert every thing back to useing the old password and
find out what has hard coded the password and fix it first.


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/kj



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