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Project Server Experts Community Site > Project Server FAQ KnowledgeBase > Reset the WSSAdmin and FarmAdmin Passwords in WSS 2007  

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Reset the WSSAdmin and FarmAdmin Passwords in WSS 2007

Background Information

After changing the WSSAdmin account password or the FarmAdmin account password in active directory, you must update these credentials on your server farm.

Resolution

To change the credentials on the farm, take the following steps:

  1. From one of the Project application servers Open a command line prompt Start -> Run -> cmd
  2. In the Command Window change directory wherever STSADM has been installed enter the command: cd "<your drive letter>:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web serverextensions\12\BIN"
  3. Execute the following commands in the Command Window:

    stsadm -o updatefarmcredentials -userlogin domain\username -password
    NEWPASSWORD

    stsadm -o updateaccountpassword -userlogin domain\username -password
    NEWPASSWORD –noadmin

    IISRESET
  4. Reboot all farm servers