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RE: Network Gurus attn:

Ken,

Power users can change some setting, but not admin setting.

RF-ARS Motorola

[forskare]

RE: Network Gurus attn:

Ray,

You're right, a power user doesn't have admin rights. However, power users can change system settings. Whether that helps or not I don't know. Maybe a bit short.

kenn

[Tom Cone Jr]

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Ed,

Too bad. Moneys spent solving the problem could have been used for ministries. Wonder how they'd feel if it was characterized as a theft? In a significant way, that's exactly what it is.

-- tom

RE: Network Gurus attn:

>>I know in Win 2k, a power user has admin rights

No Ken, a Power User does not have Admin Rights.

There are many way to setup a new Admin in a Win2K server.

What is the status of the server at this time?
Is the server running?
Can it be access by other computers in your network?
Does the server have Active Directory Install?
Is the server a Domain Controller?

There are programs on the market that will let you reset a Win2k server Admin password.

Best of luck.
RF-ARS Motorola

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Hi Ken,
The latest word I have now is that it was the administrator that
changed her own password and then left without saying a word to anyone.
Some of you folks have mentioned that there should be some level of
criminal intent brought against her. I seriously doubt that will
happen since this system is in a church administration office.

efs

[forskare]

RE: Network Gurus attn:

If the administrator changed her password, guess she's off the hook. The administrator is still around, right? Or, did the administrator take a hike as well? Inquiring minds want to know. ~(:>} Yah, that's the one lil' hair I have left on top! I think of it as my antenna.

If the administrator is gone too, I know in Win 2k, a power user has admin rights. Any power users? (Don't know if NT4 has such a thing but maybe it does under a different name??

kenn

[Peter.Greulich]

RE: Network Gurus attn:

http://www.sunbelt-software.com/product.cfm?id=265

and pay the $70...

RE: Network Gurus attn:

The network has not been available to me, but will be Monday. I did
get word today that it was the administrator that changed her password,
not a workstation, now what?

efs

[George Corder]

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I just re-read your original post that she was simply a user. As the previous post suggests, just login as admin and delete here account or reset her password.

RE: Network Gurus attn:

Right, she was just a workstation user.
efs

RE: Network Gurus attn:

Jusr log on as the domain administrator.. poof.. yer in..

[George Corder]

RE: Network Gurus attn:

So, you mean that she was not the only Admin?

George, MCSE

RE: Network Gurus attn:

Hi Gurus,
Thank you everyone for replying. I had already considered deleting
the client at server level, I was hoping there was another approach.
Actually when I think about it is easy to delete and then reassign the
client.

Thank you everyone,
efs

[tlyon]

RE: Network Gurus attn:

That's precisely why IT people get fired on the spot, usually outside of the building after returning from lunch. Their belongings are handed to them in a box and they never get the chance to even look cross-eyed at the internal network again.

Tom Lyon

[forskare]

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I echo what Tom said. The employer might want to call local law enforcement for an assist. If it is a prosecutable action, LE could give her a choice of advising of the password or facing criminal charges. The employer should NOT taake this action becasue in many states, it coercion and that is also preosecutable. LE officials are exempt.

Many employers escort the employee to their desk and stand there while they clean out just to prevent such revengeful acts.

kenn