service account password

[admin_2]

I changed the password on the account I used to install exchange abd unity using:<br>http://avforums.isomedia.com/cgi-bin/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=ipswitch&Number=3606&Search=true&Forum=All_Forums&Words=service<br> account&Match=Entire Phrase&Searchpage=0&Limit=50&Old=3months&Main=3604<br><br>I now can't get the system up , please urgently reply.<br><br>

[#2]

That post was for changing the password on the account you installed Unity with... not for changing the password on the Exchange Installation account. I'm betting Exchange isn't coming up, right? Can you give us any more details other than "it's not coming up"? Is Exchange running? Can you look in the event log and see what errors are being logged during the Unity startup sequence?


Jeff Lindborg
Unity Product Architect/Answer Monkey
Cisco Systems
lindborg@cisco.com
http://www.AnswerMonkey.net (new page for Unity support tools and scripts)

[#3]

yes,

exchange server is not running - in exchange admin I cannot get to the unity exchange server.
in event viewer I'm getting :
DCOM - dependency service failed to start, attempts to start the AVCSgateway

exchange MTA depends upon exchange directory failed to start.

please advise

[#4]

Yeah, Exchange is going to get real unhappy if you change the service account password out from under it. This doesn't have anything to do with Unity. You need to head out to MSDN for help... here's a couple of links to get you started:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q274/8/14.ASP

http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q157780

good luck.


Jeff Lindborg
Unity Product Architect/Answer Monkey
Cisco Systems
lindborg@cisco.com
http://www.AnswerMonkey.net (new page for Unity support tools and scripts)