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Unable to Change Admin Password Using Sysprep

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Article ID:200607
Last Review:February 20, 2007
Revision:2.2
This article was previously published under Q200607

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Microsoft System Preparation Tool, at the end of the mini-setup wizard, you may get the message that one or more problems occurred installing Windows NT. When the log file is viewed, the following error is logged in %SystemRoot%\Minlog.txt:
Warning
Setup was unable to change the password for the user account Administrator because of the following error:
SamChangePasswordUser returned status c000006a.

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CAUSE

This problem is caused by the administrator password on the master system being nonblank.

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RESOLUTION

The Administrator password on the master system must be blank if it is to be changed by using the mini-setup wizard.

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MORE INFORMATION

For more information about the System Preparation tools and other deployment information, please see the following Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/ (http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/)

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
•Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
•Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
•Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
•Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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Keywords: 
kbprb KB200607

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