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Additional Account Info-Active Directory Users Add-on to display extra password properties.
What Acctinfo.dll does for you is expose more properties in ADUC (Active Directory Users and Computers), for example lastLogon and Password Expires. Specifically, with this add-on you get an extra tab in ADUC called Additional Account Info. This tools adds an easy for a domain admin with the AD administrative tools to check when a user's password will expire.
More info on Acctinfo.dll and instation instructions can be found at
http://www.computerperformance.co.uk/w2k3/utilities/acctinfo.htm -
IIS 7 - Installer interrupted before Practical Password Reset could be installed.
If you receive this message when installing Practical Password Reset on IIS 7, you need to install the IIS 6 Management feature on IIS7.
To install the IIS 6.0 Management Compatibility Components by using the Windows Server 2008 Server Manager
- Click Start, click Administrative Tools and then Server Manager.
- In the left navigation pane, expand Roles, and then right-click Web Server (IIS) and select Add Role Services.
- On the Select Role Services pane, scroll down to IIS 6 Management Compatibility.
- Select the check boxes for IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility and IIS 6 Management Console.
- Click Next from the Select Role Services pane, and then click Install at the Confirm Installations Selections pane.
- Click Close to leave the Add Role Services wizard.
To install the IIS 6.0 Management Compatibility Components by using the Windows Vista Control Panel
- Click Start, click Control Panel, click Programs and Features, and then click Turn Windows features on or off.
- Open Internet Information Services.
- Open Web Management Tools.
- Open IIS 6.0 Management Compatibility.
- Select the check boxes for IIS 6 Metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility and IIS 6 Management Console.
- Click OK.
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IIS 7 - Password reset or change is always unsuccessful.
IIS 7 has implement some new features. A couple settings need to be changed to make Practical Password Reset function correctly.
If you do the following in the IIS 7 Manager, Practical Password Reset should work.
1. Change the PracticalPasswordReset application to run in the ClassicNet app pool instead of the DefaultApp pool.
2. In the Application Pools/Classic .Net app pool/Advanced Settings/Identity change from NetworkService to LocalService -
IIS 7 - HTTP Error 404.3 Not Found
This usually means the .Net component features in IIS 7 are not installed.
To install ASP.Net and .Net Extensibility by using the Windows Server 2008 Server Manager
- Click Start, click Administrative Tools and then Server Manager.
- In the left navigation pane, expand Roles, and then right-click Web Server (IIS) and select Add Role Services.
- On the Select Role Services pane, scroll down to Application Development.
- Select the check boxes for ASP.Net and .Net Extensibility.
- Click Next from the Select Role Services pane, and then click Install at the Confirm Installations Selections pane.
- Click Close to leave the Add Role Services wizard.
To install ASP.Net and .Net Extensibility by using the Windows Vista Control Panel
- Click Start, click Control Panel, click Programs and Features, and then click Turn Windows features on or off.
- Open Internet Information Services.
- Open Web Management Tools.
- Open Application Development.
- Select the check boxes for ASP.Net and .Net Extensibility.
- Click OK.
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Practical Password Reset computer is a member of different domain.
Practical Password Reset should be installed on a computer in the same domain as the users that will be reset. By default the app pool is created as a computer account. When going across untrusted domains the app pool requires a domain user.
Frequently Asked Questions
Practical Password Reset FAQ