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by wills.jason

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Bit stuck at the moment, wondering if someone could help.
Running a windows 2000 server with various 9x clients aswell as 2000 and xp clients.
When it asks them to change their password, it won't allow them.and comes up with the error message: "unable to change the password for Microsoft Networking because of the following error: Access has been denied."

it does this for 9x and nt clients

Has anybody come accross this before?

Chers

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by d.walker5

Can the 2000 and xp clients change their password? If the only clients effected are the Win9x and Win NT see KB 230059 and KB 230060.

by wills.jason

Thankyou, but unfortunately it is all clients that cannot change their password, including 2000 and xp..

by jas03

try changing the password on the server rather than the cliend. User must have a "user cannot change password" option enabled.

by wills.jason

none of the users have "user cannot change password" enabled and i can't allow each client to log on to the server to change their password.

by curlergirl

Try this fix and see if it works for you:

1. Start the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in.
2. Right-click your domain, and then click Advanced Features on the View menu to enable advanced features.
3. Right-click the container hosting the user object to which you want to grant the Change Password right (for example, Users), and then click Properties .
4. Click the Security tab. Make sure that the Everyone group is listed in the Name box. If it is not, click Advanced, and then add the Everyone group to the list from the Advanced Access Control Settings dialog box. If the Everyone group does exist, click Advanced and continue with the next step.
5. Click the Everyone group in the list, and then click View/Edit to edit the group's permissions. In the Apply Onto box, click User Objects. In the Permissions section, click to select the Change Password permission in the Allow box.
6. Click OK to accept the changes.

Hope this helps!

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