>How exactly do you get a local admin account on a domain controller? I didn't think there was any such thing.
How the hell this got modded +4 Informative? No one here has heard of Directory Services Restore Mode Password (aka. local admin account on a domain controller)? If the previous admin took all AD admin passwords with him, the best way to deal with it is to boot one of the Domain Controllers off a Linux Live CD and use the NT password changer to change this password. Then you can login in Directory Recovery Mode and create a service which upon startup will change your AD admin password(the service has to run as NT Authority System).
I used to run little server at home. Then I've got an electricity bill for £400. Now the server is off. It would be very useful to me to be able to compare server's power usage while idling as this is what my server was doing for 90% of the time.
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>How exactly do you get a local admin account on a domain controller? I didn't think there was any such thing. How the hell this got modded +4 Informative? No one here has heard of Directory Services Restore Mode Password (aka. local admin account on a domain controller)? If the previous admin took all AD admin passwords with him, the best way to deal with it is to boot one of the Domain Controllers off a Linux Live CD and use the NT password changer to change this password. Then you can login in Directory Recovery Mode and create a service which upon startup will change your AD admin password(the service has to run as NT Authority System).
That's why, once the bear trap is activated, whatever is captured has to be put down and disposed off.
I used to run little server at home. Then I've got an electricity bill for £400. Now the server is off. It would be very useful to me to be able to compare server's power usage while idling as this is what my server was doing for 90% of the time.