Admin Password Problem

OK, this is a wierd one. I have been setting up a win 2003 server, and
added the active directory (domain) function. When I connected to the
server with my notebook (win XP pro), it created an admin account on the
notebook, gave it a password, and set the username as just a user
account. Of course now I cannot change anything on the notebook as I am
not an Admin.

Originally the notebook had no users at all. Just the default startup
that took you right to the desktop. I created an account on the server,
then logged into the domain with the notebook, and that's when it did
the admin thing.

Is there any recourse for this? I'm a real newbie with the server stuff.
Is there a default password, or anyway the recover the existing admin
password. I have tried a few resources online, but they tend to just be
after the bucks.

I'd like to keep the notebook as it is, but I know I can just nuke it
and restart the environment.

Thanks,

- Tim -

Addendum - I just started the notbook up and logged in local. I checked
my users and my user account is set as admin, and I reset the
administrator account password.

My question now is will these setting still be there when I attach to
the server's domain, or is there a separate local password once the
domain is attached.

- Tim -


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OK, this is a wierd one. I have been setting up a win 2003 server, and
added the active directory (domain) function. When I connected to the
server with my notebook (win XP pro), it created an admin account on the
notebook, gave it a password, and set the username as just a user
account. Of course now I cannot change anything on the notebook as I am
not an Admin.

Originally the notebook had no users at all. Just the default startup
that took you right to the desktop. I created an account on the server,
then logged into the domain with the notebook, and that's when it did
the admin thing.

Is there any recourse for this? I'm a real newbie with the server stuff.
Is there a default password, or anyway the recover the existing admin
password. I have tried a few resources online, but they tend to just be
after the bucks.

I'd like to keep the notebook as it is, but I know I can just nuke it
and restart the environment.

Thanks,

- Tim -

Tim wrote:
Addendum - I just started the notbook up and logged in local. I checked
my users and my user account is set as admin, and I reset the
administrator account password.

My question now is will these setting still be there when I attach to
the server's domain, or is there a separate local password once the
domain is attached.

- Tim -


If you need to have administrative privileges on the laptop while
logged in to the domain, simply add your domain account to the local
administrators group.


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