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I have discovered that the administrator password in my case has not been changed, but rather is just not recognized by the logon service. &nbsp;I know this to be true, because I can access the recovery console with the administrator password to gain access to the windows directory. &nbsp; With this knowledge, I utilized the UBCD4WIN to attempt a new password. &nbsp;The process appeared to work, but it did not actually change anything. &nbsp;I also tried to create a new administrator account again with an appearant success but actually no change was recorded. &nbsp;I have attempted to reinstall SBS in repair mode and tried to recover the Active Directory in safemode with no success. &nbsp;It seems that Microsoft has built a tidy hole in the ground that traps the user and not the perpetrator. &nbsp;By the way, the administrator password failed on Friday the 13th. &nbsp;Is this a serious security threat or just a fluke?
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I have discovered that the administrator password in my case has not been changed, but rather is just not recognized by the logon service.  I know this to be true, because I can access the recovery console with the administrator password to gain access to the windows directory.   With this knowledge, I utilized the UBCD4WIN to attempt a new password.  The process appeared to work, but it did not actually change anything.  I also tried to create a new administrator account again with an appearant success but actually no change was recorded.  I have attempted to reinstall SBS in repair mode and tried to recover the Active Directory in safemode with no success.  It seems that Microsoft has built a tidy hole in the ground that traps the user and not the perpetrator.  By the way, the administrator password failed on Friday the 13th.  Is this a serious security threat or just a fluke?

Windows SBS administrator password stopped working.

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

Microsoft Server OS

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).