Booting W2K Server in Active Directory Repair Mode

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Will

When I boot a Windows 2000 domain controller, the Administrator account is
not working with the domain administrator's password. Since a domain
controller doesn't have its own local accounts, I'm confused by what account
it is trying to use here.
 
Hi Will

Will said:
When I boot a Windows 2000 domain controller, the Administrator account is
not working with the domain administrator's password. Since a domain
controller doesn't have its own local accounts, I'm confused by what
account
it is trying to use here.
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It is the hidden administrator account with the "directory restore mode
password" which you defined in the dcpromo phase of your domain controller.
If you want to reset this password use "%systemroot%\system32\setpwd.exe"
when running Active Directory on this dc.

Regards
Wolfgang
 
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