KMS Password expired? How do I reset this?

Patrick · Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

I had some trouble with certificate services which I resolved by reinstalling certificate services.
Now I can not login to KMS. I have never changed the KMS password I simply left it as "password".
But now that password does not allow me access to the KMS.
Any idea of how to reset this password so I can allow my users to send certified e-mail?

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KMS lost · Joined: 06 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

How does one correct the situation then? will uninstalling both and
reinstalling them correct the situation?

Kenwood@online.microsoft.com (Kenny Wood) wrote:
>Hello and thank you for your post.
>
>The passwords for KMS do not expire. The first password is used to start the
>database, and was provided during
>install. This password is inside the database, and can not be recovered if
>lost. The second password is for
>administration purposes, and by default is password. This password as well
>can not be recovered. If you
>reinstalled certificate services, did you utilized the original key pair with
>the reinstallation, or did you create a new
>pair. The KMS database is tied to the CA, and you can not replace the CA out
>from underneath the KMS
>database - they are linked to each other.
>
>Kenny Wood
>CISSP, MCSE
>PSS Security
>Microsoft Corporation
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>I had some trouble with certificate services which I resolved by reinstalling
>certificate services.
>Now I can not login to KMS. I have never changed the KMS password I simply
>left it as "password".
>But now that password does not allow me access to the KMS.
>Any idea of how to reset this password so I can allow my users to send
>certified e-mail?
>
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