GeekWannaBe
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Hello All,
I'm not sure what to do.
I have a small office, I recently became an entrepreneur with a couple of partners. I'm the only somewhat tech guy around. So I have a Windows Server 2008 standard edition. I have an admin account and during the setup I was a little loose with the admin password because I was overseas while some work was being done in the office.
So our office is going live in a couple days and now I'm back and want to change the Admin password.
Whenever I go to change the password I get the message, "Windows cannot change the password."
I am following the correct complexity. I have three digits, five characters (which are not part of the user name), one capital, and one other (a.k.a $,!,@, etc), but no luck, I can't change the password, nor delete the password.
Furthermore, I checked the admin tools and changed the security settings to remove all the complexity: Admin Tools -> Local Security Policy -> Account Policy -> Password Policy.
I don't have a domain, just a workgroup because we are only 3 users, and will probably only add 1-2 more people. So I don't have Active Directory setup.
I thought I had a real simple configuration, the server simply hosts the accounting software, and is a file share as well. There's almost no software installed on the server, it's the most uncomplicated server ever.
Any ideas? When I google, EVERYTHING is about people who forgot their passwords and are trying to hack in to their server admin account. I can log in as the admin no problem, I can log in as myself on the server no problem, I just can't change the admin password, no matter what I do.
Any ideas?
I'm not sure what to do.
I have a small office, I recently became an entrepreneur with a couple of partners. I'm the only somewhat tech guy around. So I have a Windows Server 2008 standard edition. I have an admin account and during the setup I was a little loose with the admin password because I was overseas while some work was being done in the office.
So our office is going live in a couple days and now I'm back and want to change the Admin password.
Whenever I go to change the password I get the message, "Windows cannot change the password."
I am following the correct complexity. I have three digits, five characters (which are not part of the user name), one capital, and one other (a.k.a $,!,@, etc), but no luck, I can't change the password, nor delete the password.
Furthermore, I checked the admin tools and changed the security settings to remove all the complexity: Admin Tools -> Local Security Policy -> Account Policy -> Password Policy.
I don't have a domain, just a workgroup because we are only 3 users, and will probably only add 1-2 more people. So I don't have Active Directory setup.
I thought I had a real simple configuration, the server simply hosts the accounting software, and is a file share as well. There's almost no software installed on the server, it's the most uncomplicated server ever.
Any ideas? When I google, EVERYTHING is about people who forgot their passwords and are trying to hack in to their server admin account. I can log in as the admin no problem, I can log in as myself on the server no problem, I just can't change the admin password, no matter what I do.
Any ideas?
