does anyone know any way to stop a 2000 AD server setup from forcing an automatic machine account password change?  We have secured our workstations with a product called Centurion Guard (a piece of hardware) to prevent changes to the configuration, and w

hen the server tries to change the machine account password, Centurion won't let that happen.  We are losing trust with the domain every time this happens. HELP!  We have tried the regestry edit to disable it on the workstation level, but still keep losin

g trust. Is there any way to do it server side???

I know there is an article on the KB about doing this. I jsut can't find it

right now.....it is there though.....keep digging...I think you have to make

the registry change at the DC's as well.....



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Scott Harding

MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+

Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server



"Dominique" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> does anyone know any way to stop a 2000 AD server setup from forcing an

automatic machine account password change?  We have secured our workstations

with a product called Centurion Guard (a piece of hardware) to prevent

changes to the configuration, and when the server tries to change the

machine account password, Centurion won't let that happen.  We are losing

trust with the domain every time this happens. HELP!  We have tried the

regestry edit to disable it on the workstation level, but still keep losing

trust. Is there any way to do it server side???

There is an article on "how to disable automatic machine account password changes" but it doesn't work with centurian guard.  We need to stop the server from trying to force this.  There has to be some way to disable the automatic machine account password

changes SERVER-SIDE, rather than on the individual machines.  The server thinks the change has been done correctly, but the machines don't save the new password, thus losing the trust.  We've searched the Knowledge base... to no avail...

Why don't you talk to the guys at Centurian Guard, there software is

obviously having the problem and they MUST have run into this on every

single domain that someone uses their software on?????



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Scott Harding

MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+

Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server



"dominique" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> There is an article on "how to disable automatic machine account password

changes" but it doesn't work with centurian guard.  We need to stop the

server from trying to force this.  There has to be some way to disable the

automatic machine account password changes SERVER-SIDE, rather than on the

individual machines.  The server thinks the change has been done correctly,

but the machines don't save the new password, thus losing the trust.  We've

searched the Knowledge base... to no avail...

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