Microsoft KB Archive/935036

= You cannot change a Windows 2000 Active Directory account password by using the ERD commander =

Article ID: 935036

Article Last Modified on 7/26/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Winternals Administrator's Pak 4.2
 * Winternals Administrator's Pak 5.0

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SUMMARY
This article describes that you cannot change a Microsoft Windows 2000 Active Directory account password by using the ERD Commander.

Note The ERD Commander is a component of Winternals Administrator's Pak.



MORE INFORMATION
The ERD Commander resets the password by modifying the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) in the registry. However, Windows 2000 Active Directory domain controllers use a different mechanism than Microsoft Windows NT4 to authenticate domain account logins. Domain accounts are authenticated by using the Ntds.dit database, not the SAM database that Windows NT4 uses.

Additional query words: Winternals KB#: 30139, active directory, password,ERD Commander

Keywords: kbinfo kbexpertiseinter KB935036

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