This will reset the password for that computer on DCs only, requiring the machine to be disjoined/rejoined to the domain
To OP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/216393 Cheers Ken From: Christopher Bodnar [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, 10 April 2012 2:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Machine name with $ sign as username In ADUC you can right click a computer object and "Reset Account" I usually have better luck removing a computer account from the domain and re-joining it. Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Achitect I, Corporate Office of Technology Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 [email protected]<mailto:> [cid:[email protected]] The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America www.guardianlife.com<http://www.guardianlife.com/> From: "Rankin, James R" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: 04/09/2012 02:22 PM Subject: Re: Machine name with $ sign as username ________________________________ In the NT4 days, nltest was the way to reset it...I have no idea how its done now ---Blackberried -----Original Message----- From: "Michael B. Smith" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 18:16:00 To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>Subject: RE: Machine name with $ sign as username And the error generally means that the secure channel between the machine and the domain controller has failed. -----Original Message----- From: Rankin, James R [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 2:04 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Machine name with $ sign as username That's the computer account in the domain. When the computer needs to authenticate, that's the account it uses ------Original Message------ From: Sharie Breaux To: NT System Admin Issues ReplyTo: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Machine name with $ sign as username Sent: 9 Apr 2012 18:59 What program or sevice uses the machine name with a dollar sign as the username? Background: I have a Small Business Server 2003 machine that is not our domain controller. It is our mail server. In the event viewer under the Security tab, there is a failure audit being logged every 30 minutes; Event ID 529; Logon Process: NtLmSsp This is being caused by my machine (Windows 7 Pro) with the username as [machine name]$ How do I troubleshoot this? What other information do you need to help me? Thanks in advance! Sharie ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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