Reset Recovery console password

October 9, 2007

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to reset the password for just the recovery console of an

application server. This server is on an Active Directory network but is not

a domain controller and is a 2003 SP2 server. I found articles/info about

setting the Directory Services Restore password, but nothing on resetting the

local administrator password. The local admin listed on the machine in Local

Users and Groupds is the domain administrator account, but not the local

administrator.

I had an issue with a corrupted system file or registry hive and wasn't able

to log on to the recovery console using the domain admin password or the old

local admin password that I had on file. (thank goodness that I was able to

degrade a RAID 1 array and boot off of a single drive)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

--

Thanks, Jeff

October 9, 2007

RE: Reset Recovery console password

Can anyone tell me if the instructions in the following article, under step 3

in regards to the server "null" value is what I'm looking for?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322672/en-us

--

Thanks, Jeff

"Jeff" wrote:

> Hello everyone,

>

> I'm trying to reset the password for just the recovery console of an

> application server. This server is on an Active Directory network but is not

> a domain controller and is a 2003 SP2 server. I found articles/info about

> setting the Directory Services Restore password, but nothing on resetting the

> local administrator password. The local admin listed on the machine in Local

> Users and Groupds is the domain administrator account, but not the local

> administrator.

>

> I had an issue with a corrupted system file or registry hive and wasn't able

> to log on to the recovery console using the domain admin password or the old

> local admin password that I had on file. (thank goodness that I was able to

> degrade a RAID 1 array and boot off of a single drive)

>

> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

>

> --

> Thanks, Jeff

October 9, 2007

RE: Reset Recovery console password

Another note to add. I attempted the instructions in the article below and I

received an error message using NTDSUTIL:

Setting password failed.

WIN32 Error Code: 0x32

Error Message: The request is not supported.

Then it takes me back to the DSRM admin password prompt. So, the first

question in this post is still valid, but it'd be interesting to find out why

the KB article instructions did not work either.

--

Thanks, Jeff

"Jeff" wrote:

> Can anyone tell me if the instructions in the following article, under step 3

> in regards to the server "null" value is what I'm looking for?

>

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322672/en-us

> --

> Thanks, Jeff

>

> "Jeff" wrote:

>

> > Hello everyone,

> >

> > I'm trying to reset the password for just the recovery console of an

> > application server. This server is on an Active Directory network but is not

> > a domain controller and is a 2003 SP2 server. I found articles/info about

> > setting the Directory Services Restore password, but nothing on resetting the

> > local administrator password. The local admin listed on the machine in Local

> > Users and Groupds is the domain administrator account, but not the local

> > administrator.

> >

> > I had an issue with a corrupted system file or registry hive and wasn't able

> > to log on to the recovery console using the domain admin password or the old

> > local admin password that I had on file. (thank goodness that I was able to

> > degrade a RAID 1 array and boot off of a single drive)

> >

> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.

> >

> > --

> > Thanks, Jeff

October 9, 2007

RE: Reset Recovery console password

Hello Jeff,

No, this can't help you, because the machine is a member server not a domain

controller. The DSRM you only have on domain controllers not on member servers.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber

Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers

no rights.

> Can anyone tell me if the instructions in the following article, under

> step 3 in regards to the server "null" value is what I'm looking for?

>

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322672/en-us

>

> "Jeff" wrote:

>

>> Hello everyone,

>>

>> I'm trying to reset the password for just the recovery console of an

>> application server. This server is on an Active Directory network

>> but is not a domain controller and is a 2003 SP2 server. I found

>> articles/info about setting the Directory Services Restore password,

>> but nothing on resetting the local administrator password. The local

>> admin listed on the machine in Local Users and Groupds is the domain

>> administrator account, but not the local administrator.

>>

>> I had an issue with a corrupted system file or registry hive and

>> wasn't able to log on to the recovery console using the domain admin

>> password or the old local admin password that I had on file. (thank

>> goodness that I was able to degrade a RAID 1 array and boot off of a

>> single drive)

>>

>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

>>

>> -- Thanks, Jeff

>>

October 9, 2007

RE: Reset Recovery console password

Hello Jeff,

Sorry did a mistake, yes the NULL part is your option on the local computer.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber

Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers

no rights.

> Hello Jeff,

>

> No, this can't help you, because the machine is a member server not a

> domain controller. The DSRM you only have on domain controllers not on

> member servers.

>

> Best regards

>

> Meinolf Weber

> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and

> confers

> no rights.

>> Can anyone tell me if the instructions in the following article,

>> under step 3 in regards to the server "null" value is what I'm

>> looking for?

>>

>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322672/en-us

>>

>> "Jeff" wrote:

>>

>>> Hello everyone,

>>>

>>> I'm trying to reset the password for just the recovery console of an

>>> application server. This server is on an Active Directory network

>>> but is not a domain controller and is a 2003 SP2 server. I found

>>> articles/info about setting the Directory Services Restore password,

>>> but nothing on resetting the local administrator password. The

>>> local admin listed on the machine in Local Users and Groupds is the

>>> domain administrator account, but not the local administrator.

>>>

>>> I had an issue with a corrupted system file or registry hive and

>>> wasn't able to log on to the recovery console using the domain admin

>>> password or the old local admin password that I had on file. (thank

>>> goodness that I was able to degrade a RAID 1 array and boot off of a

>>> single drive)

>>>

>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

>>>

>>> -- Thanks, Jeff

>>>

October 9, 2007

RE: Reset Recovery console password

Thanks for letting me know. I gave this a shot on the local machine and can

access the NTDSUTIL application, but received an error message (posted above

too):

Setting password failed.

WIN32 Error Code: 0x32

Error Message: The request is not supported.

Perhaps this is because this is a member server and not a DC? Any ideas?

I'm surprised that this topic isn't documented somewhere. I can't be the

only person who's tried to use the recovery console to repair a system and

had lost the original password. Better yet, if there was a security breach

and an admin wanted to reset all the recovery console passwords (especially

if they were left as 'blank').

--

Thanks, Jeff

"Meinolf Weber" wrote:

> Hello Jeff,

>

> Sorry did a mistake, yes the NULL part is your option on the local computer.

>

> Best regards

>

> Meinolf Weber

> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers

> no rights.

>

> > Hello Jeff,

> >

> > No, this can't help you, because the machine is a member server not a

> > domain controller. The DSRM you only have on domain controllers not on

> > member servers.

> >

> > Best regards

> >

> > Meinolf Weber

> > Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and

> > confers

> > no rights.

> >> Can anyone tell me if the instructions in the following article,

> >> under step 3 in regards to the server "null" value is what I'm

> >> looking for?

> >>

> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322672/en-us

> >>

> >> "Jeff" wrote:

> >>

> >>> Hello everyone,

> >>>

> >>> I'm trying to reset the password for just the recovery console of an

> >>> application server. This server is on an Active Directory network

> >>> but is not a domain controller and is a 2003 SP2 server. I found

> >>> articles/info about setting the Directory Services Restore password,

> >>> but nothing on resetting the local administrator password. The

> >>> local admin listed on the machine in Local Users and Groupds is the

> >>> domain administrator account, but not the local administrator.

> >>>

> >>> I had an issue with a corrupted system file or registry hive and

> >>> wasn't able to log on to the recovery console using the domain admin

> >>> password or the old local admin password that I had on file. (thank

> >>> goodness that I was able to degrade a RAID 1 array and boot off of a

> >>> single drive)

> >>>

> >>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

> >>>

> >>> -- Thanks, Jeff

> >>>

>

October 10, 2007

RE: Reset Recovery console password

If Microsoft advertised a backdoor method to get round security and change

unknown administrator passwords easily their systems wouldn't be secure.

You have a few options:

1. Support call to Microsoft or 3rd party recovery specialist

2. Locksmith, which is part of Microsoft's newly aquired Desktop

Optimisation Pack (Formerly Sysinternals Adminpak)

3. 3rd party free tools such as: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

You may have driver issues with the third option, which ultimately risk data

consistency.

Any use of these tools is at your own risk. If the data is importatnt a

support call to Microsoft is best. These were a fixed rate of £200ish last

time I checked.

Iain.

"Jeff" wrote:

> Thanks for letting me know. I gave this a shot on the local machine and can

> access the NTDSUTIL application, but received an error message (posted above

> too):

>

> Setting password failed.

> WIN32 Error Code: 0x32

> Error Message: The request is not supported.

>

> Perhaps this is because this is a member server and not a DC? Any ideas?

>

> I'm surprised that this topic isn't documented somewhere. I can't be the

> only person who's tried to use the recovery console to repair a system and

> had lost the original password. Better yet, if there was a security breach

> and an admin wanted to reset all the recovery console passwords (especially

> if they were left as 'blank').

>

> --

> Thanks, Jeff

>

> "Meinolf Weber" wrote:

>

> > Hello Jeff,

> >

> > Sorry did a mistake, yes the NULL part is your option on the local computer.

> >

> > Best regards

> >

> > Meinolf Weber

> > Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers

> > no rights.

> >

> > > Hello Jeff,

> > >

> > > No, this can't help you, because the machine is a member server not a

> > > domain controller. The DSRM you only have on domain controllers not on

> > > member servers.

> > >

> > > Best regards

> > >

> > > Meinolf Weber

> > > Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and

> > > confers

> > > no rights.

> > >> Can anyone tell me if the instructions in the following article,

> > >> under step 3 in regards to the server "null" value is what I'm

> > >> looking for?

> > >>

> > >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322672/en-us

> > >>

> > >> "Jeff" wrote:

> > >>

> > >>> Hello everyone,

> > >>>

> > >>> I'm trying to reset the password for just the recovery console of an

> > >>> application server. This server is on an Active Directory network

> > >>> but is not a domain controller and is a 2003 SP2 server. I found

> > >>> articles/info about setting the Directory Services Restore password,

> > >>> but nothing on resetting the local administrator password. The

> > >>> local admin listed on the machine in Local Users and Groupds is the

> > >>> domain administrator account, but not the local administrator.

> > >>>

> > >>> I had an issue with a corrupted system file or registry hive and

> > >>> wasn't able to log on to the recovery console using the domain admin

> > >>> password or the old local admin password that I had on file. (thank

> > >>> goodness that I was able to degrade a RAID 1 array and boot off of a

> > >>> single drive)

> > >>>

> > >>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

> > >>>

> > >>> -- Thanks, Jeff

> > >>>

> >

October 10, 2007

RE: Reset Recovery console password

I'm not looking for a backdoor method of changing adminstrator passwords or

getting around security, I'm talking about resetting a password on the system

for legitimate administrators of the system (like me).

While I have the local administrator password from when I originally

installed the machine, this doesn't work under the recovery console. So, I

need to reset it.

The method is by using the NTDSUTIL program, which allows you to reset the

DSRM password for any server on the network using a value of "server null"

which is the local machine - this is supposed to allow you to reset the

recovery console password for the local machine, even if not a DC. And there

is a KB article on it that I found, it is listed above in one of my previous

posts, hence the error message.

--

Thanks, Jeff

"Iain" wrote:

> If Microsoft advertised a backdoor method to get round security and change

> unknown administrator passwords easily their systems wouldn't be secure.

>

> You have a few options:

>

> 1. Support call to Microsoft or 3rd party recovery specialist

> 2. Locksmith, which is part of Microsoft's newly aquired Desktop

> Optimisation Pack (Formerly Sysinternals Adminpak)

> 3. 3rd party free tools such as: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

>

> You may have driver issues with the third option, which ultimately risk data

> consistency.

>

> Any use of these tools is at your own risk. If the data is importatnt a

> support call to Microsoft is best. These were a fixed rate of £200ish last

> time I checked.

>

> Iain.

>

> "Jeff" wrote:

>

> > Thanks for letting me know. I gave this a shot on the local machine and can

> > access the NTDSUTIL application, but received an error message (posted above

> > too):

> >

> > Setting password failed.

> > WIN32 Error Code: 0x32

> > Error Message: The request is not supported.

> >

> > Perhaps this is because this is a member server and not a DC? Any ideas?

> >

> > I'm surprised that this topic isn't documented somewhere. I can't be the

> > only person who's tried to use the recovery console to repair a system and

> > had lost the original password. Better yet, if there was a security breach

> > and an admin wanted to reset all the recovery console passwords (especially

> > if they were left as 'blank').

> >

> > --

> > Thanks, Jeff

> >

> > "Meinolf Weber" wrote:

> >

> > > Hello Jeff,

> > >

> > > Sorry did a mistake, yes the NULL part is your option on the local computer.

> > >

> > > Best regards

> > >

> > > Meinolf Weber

> > > Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers

> > > no rights.

> > >

> > > > Hello Jeff,

> > > >

> > > > No, this can't help you, because the machine is a member server not a

> > > > domain controller. The DSRM you only have on domain controllers not on

> > > > member servers.

> > > >

> > > > Best regards

> > > >

> > > > Meinolf Weber

> > > > Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and

> > > > confers

> > > > no rights.

> > > >> Can anyone tell me if the instructions in the following article,

> > > >> under step 3 in regards to the server "null" value is what I'm

> > > >> looking for?

> > > >>

> > > >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322672/en-us

> > > >>

> > > >> "Jeff" wrote:

> > > >>

> > > >>> Hello everyone,

> > > >>>

> > > >>> I'm trying to reset the password for just the recovery console of an

> > > >>> application server. This server is on an Active Directory network

> > > >>> but is not a domain controller and is a 2003 SP2 server. I found

> > > >>> articles/info about setting the Directory Services Restore password,

> > > >>> but nothing on resetting the local administrator password. The

> > > >>> local admin listed on the machine in Local Users and Groupds is the

> > > >>> domain administrator account, but not the local administrator.

> > > >>>

> > > >>> I had an issue with a corrupted system file or registry hive and

> > > >>> wasn't able to log on to the recovery console using the domain admin

> > > >>> password or the old local admin password that I had on file. (thank

> > > >>> goodness that I was able to degrade a RAID 1 array and boot off of a

> > > >>> single drive)

> > > >>>

> > > >>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

> > > >>>

> > > >>> -- Thanks, Jeff

> > > >>>

> > >

October 10, 2007

RE: Reset Recovery console password

Hi Jeff,

Your looking in the wrong place here. NTDSUTIL is for maintaining Active

Directory, Domain Controllers only.

DSRM is Directory Services Recovery Mode, which is Active Directory Holders

only, i.e. Domain Controllers.

Although Directory Services Restore Mode is a Windows boot option, it is

useless unless your Server is a Domain Controller which your's is not.

Server Null option just specifies you want to modify the local server Active

Directory partion.

The tools you require need to modify the encrypted SAM passwords on the

local server. The options I have supplied will provide this facility.

The remote console should be available for the local administrator, although

it may be possible to disable this.

You're post is slightly confusing. Do you have normal access to the server?

If so you can change it from the server as per normal. If not these tools

are designed for disaster recovery scenarios when normal operation is not

available.

There are policy options that set the levels of access on the recovery

console, perhaps this is what you should be looking for?

"Jeff" wrote:

> I'm not looking for a backdoor method of changing adminstrator passwords or

> getting around security, I'm talking about resetting a password on the system

> for legitimate administrators of the system (like me).

>

> While I have the local administrator password from when I originally

> installed the machine, this doesn't work under the recovery console. So, I

> need to reset it.

>

> The method is by using the NTDSUTIL program, which allows you to reset the

> DSRM password for any server on the network using a value of "server null"

> which is the local machine - this is supposed to allow you to reset the

> recovery console password for the local machine, even if not a DC. And there

> is a KB article on it that I found, it is listed above in one of my previous

> posts, hence the error message.

>

> --

> Thanks, Jeff

>

> "Iain" wrote:

>

> > If Microsoft advertised a backdoor method to get round security and change

> > unknown administrator passwords easily their systems wouldn't be secure.

> >

> > You have a few options:

> >

> > 1. Support call to Microsoft or 3rd party recovery specialist

> > 2. Locksmith, which is part of Microsoft's newly aquired Desktop

> > Optimisation Pack (Formerly Sysinternals Adminpak)

> > 3. 3rd party free tools such as: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

> >

> > You may have driver issues with the third option, which ultimately risk data

> > consistency.

> >

> > Any use of these tools is at your own risk. If the data is importatnt a

> > support call to Microsoft is best. These were a fixed rate of £200ish last

> > time I checked.

> >

> > Iain.

> >

> > "Jeff" wrote:

> >

> > > Thanks for letting me know. I gave this a shot on the local machine and can

> > > access the NTDSUTIL application, but received an error message (posted above

> > > too):

> > >

> > > Setting password failed.

> > > WIN32 Error Code: 0x32

> > > Error Message: The request is not supported.

> > >

> > > Perhaps this is because this is a member server and not a DC? Any ideas?

> > >

> > > I'm surprised that this topic isn't documented somewhere. I can't be the

> > > only person who's tried to use the recovery console to repair a system and

> > > had lost the original password. Better yet, if there was a security breach

> > > and an admin wanted to reset all the recovery console passwords (especially

> > > if they were left as 'blank').

> > >

> > > --

> > > Thanks, Jeff

> > >

> > > "Meinolf Weber" wrote:

> > >

> > > > Hello Jeff,

> > > >

> > > > Sorry did a mistake, yes the NULL part is your option on the local computer.

> > > >

> > > > Best regards

> > > >

> > > > Meinolf Weber

> > > > Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers

> > > > no rights.

> > > >

> > > > > Hello Jeff,

> > > > >

> > > > > No, this can't help you, because the machine is a member server not a

> > > > > domain controller. The DSRM you only have on domain controllers not on

> > > > > member servers.

> > > > >

> > > > > Best regards

> > > > >

> > > > > Meinolf Weber

> > > > > Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and

> > > > > confers

> > > > > no rights.

> > > > >> Can anyone tell me if the instructions in the following article,

> > > > >> under step 3 in regards to the server "null" value is what I'm

> > > > >> looking for?

> > > > >>

> > > > >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322672/en-us

> > > > >>

> > > > >> "Jeff" wrote:

> > > > >>

> > > > >>> Hello everyone,

> > > > >>>

> > > > >>> I'm trying to reset the password for just the recovery console of an

> > > > >>> application server. This server is on an Active Directory network

> > > > >>> but is not a domain controller and is a 2003 SP2 server. I found

> > > > >>> articles/info about setting the Directory Services Restore password,

> > > > >>> but nothing on resetting the local administrator password. The

> > > > >>> local admin listed on the machine in Local Users and Groupds is the

> > > > >>> domain administrator account, but not the local administrator.

> > > > >>>

> > > > >>> I had an issue with a corrupted system file or registry hive and

> > > > >>> wasn't able to log on to the recovery console using the domain admin

> > > > >>> password or the old local admin password that I had on file. (thank

> > > > >>> goodness that I was able to degrade a RAID 1 array and boot off of a

> > > > >>> single drive)

> > > > >>>

> > > > >>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

> > > > >>>

> > > > >>> -- Thanks, Jeff

> > > > >>>

> > > >

October 10, 2007

RE: Reset Recovery console password

Iain,

I have normal access to the server now - I am rebuilding a mirrored set of

hard drives after discovering that I could degrade the array, pull out one of

the disks and boot off of a disk with a good copy of a system file (now the

array is rebuilding b/c the hard drive is still good). The server went down

over the weekend and wouldn't boot saying that a system file was not found.

I had created a disk for the Automated System Recovery, but for some reason,

this disk was not being read by Windows Setup. (so much for that option)

So, I booted into the Recovery Console to restore the system file.

Unfortunately, the local admin password I had did not work. In my Active

Directory domain, I have renamed the domain administrator account via group

policy and all servers also have their local administrator account renamed to

the domain admin username. This may be the reason why the password doesn't

work - password is right, but maybe Recovery Console is looking for

"Administrator"?

So if I just reset the local administrator password via Local Users &

Groups/Computer Mgmt MMC, this should allow me access via recovery console?

Because I have normal access, I turned the feature on to allow automatic

logins via group policy so if need be I can get into the recovery console

now, because that server is back on the network and has received the updated

group policy. I'd rather have it password protected though, of course.

--

Thanks, Jeff

"Iain" wrote:

> Hi Jeff,

>

> Your looking in the wrong place here. NTDSUTIL is for maintaining Active

> Directory, Domain Controllers only.

>

> DSRM is Directory Services Recovery Mode, which is Active Directory Holders

> only, i.e. Domain Controllers.

>

> Although Directory Services Restore Mode is a Windows boot option, it is

> useless unless your Server is a Domain Controller which your's is not.

>

> Server Null option just specifies you want to modify the local server Active

> Directory partion.

>

> The tools you require need to modify the encrypted SAM passwords on the

> local server. The options I have supplied will provide this facility.

>

> The remote console should be available for the local administrator, although

> it may be possible to disable this.

>

> You're post is slightly confusing. Do you have normal access to the server?

> If so you can change it from the server as per normal. If not these tools

> are designed for disaster recovery scenarios when normal operation is not

> available.

>

> There are policy options that set the levels of access on the recovery

> console, perhaps this is what you should be looking for?

>

> "Jeff" wrote:

>

> > I'm not looking for a backdoor method of changing adminstrator passwords or

> > getting around security, I'm talking about resetting a password on the system

> > for legitimate administrators of the system (like me).

> >

> > While I have the local administrator password from when I originally

> > installed the machine, this doesn't work under the recovery console. So, I

> > need to reset it.

> >

> > The method is by using the NTDSUTIL program, which allows you to reset the

> > DSRM password for any server on the network using a value of "server null"

> > which is the local machine - this is supposed to allow you to reset the

> > recovery console password for the local machine, even if not a DC. And there

> > is a KB article on it that I found, it is listed above in one of my previous

> > posts, hence the error message.

> >

> > --

> > Thanks, Jeff

> >

> > "Iain" wrote:

> >

> > > If Microsoft advertised a backdoor method to get round security and change

> > > unknown administrator passwords easily their systems wouldn't be secure.

> > >

> > > You have a few options:

> > >

> > > 1. Support call to Microsoft or 3rd party recovery specialist

> > > 2. Locksmith, which is part of Microsoft's newly aquired Desktop

> > > Optimisation Pack (Formerly Sysinternals Adminpak)

> > > 3. 3rd party free tools such as: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/

> > >

> > > You may have driver issues with the third option, which ultimately risk data

> > > consistency.

> > >

> > > Any use of these tools is at your own risk. If the data is importatnt a

> > > support call to Microsoft is best. These were a fixed rate of £200ish last

> > > time I checked.

> > >

> > > Iain.

> > >

> > > "Jeff" wrote:

> > >

> > > > Thanks for letting me know. I gave this a shot on the local machine and can

> > > > access the NTDSUTIL application, but received an error message (posted above

> > > > too):

> > > >

> > > > Setting password failed.

> > > > WIN32 Error Code: 0x32

> > > > Error Message: The request is not supported.

> > > >

> > > > Perhaps this is because this is a member server and not a DC? Any ideas?

> > > >

> > > > I'm surprised that this topic isn't documented somewhere. I can't be the

> > > > only person who's tried to use the recovery console to repair a system and

> > > > had lost the original password. Better yet, if there was a security breach

> > > > and an admin wanted to reset all the recovery console passwords (especially

> > > > if they were left as 'blank').

> > > >

> > > > --

> > > > Thanks, Jeff

> > > >

> > > > "Meinolf Weber" wrote:

> > > >

> > > > > Hello Jeff,

> > > > >

> > > > > Sorry did a mistake, yes the NULL part is your option on the local computer.

> > > > >

> > > > > Best regards

> > > > >

> > > > > Meinolf Weber

> > > > > Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers

> > > > > no rights.

> > > > >

> > > > > > Hello Jeff,

> > > > > >

> > > > > > No, this can't help you, because the machine is a member server not a

> > > > > > domain controller. The DSRM you only have on domain controllers not on

> > > > > > member servers.

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Best regards

> > > > > >

> > > > > > Meinolf Weber

> > > > > > Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and

> > > > > > confers

> > > > > > no rights.

> > > > > >> Can anyone tell me if the instructions in the following article,

> > > > > >> under step 3 in regards to the server "null" value is what I'm

> > > > > >> looking for?

> > > > > >>

> > > > > >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322672/en-us

> > > > > >>

> > > > > >> "Jeff" wrote:

> > > > > >>

> > > > > >>> Hello everyone,

> > > > > >>>

> > > > > >>> I'm trying to reset the password for just the recovery console of an

> > > > > >>> application server. This server is on an Active Directory network

> > > > > >>> but is not a domain controller and is a 2003 SP2 server. I found

> > > > > >>> articles/info about setting the Directory Services Restore password,

> > > > > >>> but nothing on resetting the local administrator password. The

> > > > > >>> local admin listed on the machine in Local Users and Groupds is the

> > > > > >>> domain administrator account, but not the local administrator.

> > > > > >>>

> > > > > >>> I had an issue with a corrupted system file or registry hive and

> > > > > >>> wasn't able to log on to the recovery console using the domain admin

> > > > > >>> password or the old local admin password that I had on file. (thank

> > > > > >>> goodness that I was able to degrade a RAID 1 array and boot off of a

> > > > > >>> single drive)

> > > > > >>>

> > > > > >>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

> > > > > >>>

> > > > > >>> -- Thanks, Jeff

> > > > > >>>

> > > > >

October 10, 2007