Just do what MS said and change the password. Look at it this way; it's a great way for you to document all the non-Exchange and non-authorized uses of that account. Exchange will take care of itself leaving only the rest of the world to complain that they can no long log in. Then you can clean it up.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Monahon, Gregory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 11:19 AM Subject: Changing service account passwords > Exchange 5.5 sp4+ W2K (multisite, 35 servers worldwide) > > All, > > I'm starting the legwork for this project. Talked to MS already but they > don't see beyond Exchange. (simple, just change it and let it replicate) > > I've inherited a very old and mismanaged system. Everyone knows the service > account and it probably used in a variety of differant ways attaching to the > Exchange system. > > Does anyone know of any utilites to interrogate where and how the service > account is being used. I know this can be a horror show so I want to make > sure I have as many bases covered as possible. > > Thanks > Greg > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
