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Posted by Roger Abell [MVP] on January 20, 2007, 7:22 am
Please log in for more thread options > Actually, it sounds *exactly* like a confusion between domain and local
> accounts. Are you sure you are prefixing the account name with the domain
> name in the logon dialog? Hit the details button in the logon dialog and
> select the domain from the third box. One entry will say something like
> "(This computer)" and the other won't have anything added to it. You want
> the
> one that does not have anything added to it.
>
> There's really nothing wrong with a blank admin password on a machine that
> is physically secure. If it is not physically secure there is all kinds of
> things wrong with it. Blank passwords can't be used for network
> authentication, which also means that you must have a password on the
> accounts you log on to the workstation with.
>
** footnote:
A login when admin account password is blank is protected/restricted
in this way with XP and later and is governed by policy being enabled.
> "Roger Abell [MVP]" wrote:
>
>> It almost sounds as though you may be confusing domain accounts
>> with machine local accounts (as defined on the XP client).
>> When you log in at the XP it is indicating the domain in the login box?
>>
>> Also, SBS is something of a unique critter, so you may find that
>> asking in the SBS specific newsgroup is more helpful to your startup
>> efforts:
>> microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
>>
>> --
>> Roger
>>
>> message
>> > Hi There,
>> >
>> > I'm trying to set up a 2003 Small Business Server - I'm something of a
>> > newbie and am having a strange issue with password authentication
>> > between
>> > the server and an XP Pro workstation. Currently I have a username set
>> > up
>> > on the server with a blank password. Here's what's been happening:
>> >
>> > 1. If I set a username on the server to force a change of password -
>> > when
>> > I log in on the workstation it doesn't ask me for a prompt for a new
>> > password, even though it's set to do so on the server for my login.
>> >
>> > 2. If I change my password on the server and then try to login with
>> > this
>> > new password it won't let me login if i use the new password on the
>> > workstation.
>> >
>> >
>> > I'm guessing that's its just something small i'm missing but being new
>> > at
>> > all this I can't find what it is.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for your help.
>> >
>> > David.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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