What service pack of Ex ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Couchman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MS-Exchange Admin Issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 12:29 Subject: Help! Locked out!
> For some unknown reason.. (I can hear the sighs now) > Exchange has just crapped out on me. I'll copy the Event Log > for your review: > > Message #1 > Logon attempt with current password failed with the > following error: > Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. > > Message #2 > The Microsoft Exchange System Attendant service failed to > start due to the following error: > The service did not start due to a logon failure. > > Message #3 > The Microsoft Exchange Directory service depends on the > Microsoft Exchange System Attendant service which failed to > start because of the following error: > The service did not start due to a logon failure. > > And so on and so on.... > > I have not changed the password to the exchange > administrator account. I can't get exchange started to check > the password or change it. I have looking the domain user > list and indeed the account was locked as it is supposed to > be after three bad password attempts. I've unlocked the > account and restarted the machine. Still no luck. It appears > to me that somehow, the account that Exchange used to log > into the network with has been either altered or corrupted > somehow. > > How do I fix this problem? BTW, I'm running MS Exchange 5.5 > on NT 4 network. > > Thanks, > Bob > > > List Charter and FAQ at: > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
