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420487 2006-01-12 12:46:00 (a Windows 2003 Server question)

Hi, I am a real newbie to the server world. Someone told me that I should create another account with admin priv, but he didn't tell me why. Should I do it? why? Thnx.
Accounter (9604)
420488 2006-01-12 19:25:00 This is recommended in case something happens to the original administrator account, like it becomes corrupt and you can't log in with it any more.
This has saved me once before where one of my clients had changed the administrator password (and didn't tell me what it was) and then they left the company. Luckily I had made another user with admin rights so I logged in with that and changed the administrator password.
CYaBro (73)
420489 2006-01-12 20:56:00 So how would one go about creating this? Laura (43)
420490 2006-01-12 20:59:00 If you're often forgetting passwords, a second admin account is of some use.

According to Microsoft, most games (70%) won't run without administrator's access. There's hope this'll be fixed in the next version of Windows.

There's a Linux utility (bootable floppy) that can reset a Windows administrator's password to blank. I've used it before. Scary, but true.
kingdragonfly (309)
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