Services Password

On the server, open the control panel. Find 'services' and open it up. In there find the particular services that are giving you the problem. 'Double-click' on them (one at a time). When the properties opens up, you will have the option of selecting an account and the password for that service.

NOTE: you will have to change EVERY service account and password which uses the administrator account.

Best of luck

The above answer is correct and I only wanted to add a note that if you're running Exchange, it gets a little more hairy.

You'll want to look up article #Q152808 on Microsoft's TechNet site for the details.

paul

There is a third-party software called "Service Account Manager for WinNT" that will do what you desire. You can find it at www.lanicu.com.

The first answer is right but instead you can the same to system account so you need not change password every time. It will use the local system account for starting the service.

The first answer is right but instead you can the same to system account so you need not change password every time. It will use the local system account for starting the service.

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