The InvalidServiceAccount rule in Pre-Upgrade Checker for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 warns you about Web applications that use invalid service accounts

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INTRODUCTION

The InvalidServiceAccount rule in Pre-Upgrade Checker for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 warns you about Web applications that use invalid service accounts.

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When you run Pre-Upgrade Checker, the InvalidServiceAccount rule lists the Web applications in the application pool that use NT Authority, Local System or NT Authority, or Local Service as the service account. The information is displayed in a warning message that resembles the following:

Invalid Service accounts found
Using Local system or Local services as the service accounts for Web applications are not supported. The following Web applications use such an account:
[For Each Web Application]
[Web application name]

For more information about how to change the service accounts, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

934838 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934838/ ) How to change service accounts and service account passwords in SharePoint Server 2007 and in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Note Pre-Upgrade Checker ships in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Service Pack 2. Pre-Upgrade Checker is used to assess the server for potential upgrade issues when you are preparing to upgrade to the next version release of Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

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REFERENCES

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

960577 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960577/ ) List of all Windows SharePoint Services and SharePoint Server Pre-Upgrade Checker knowledge base articles

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