Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Windows Server 2008 ADMT 3.1 PES Password Issue

When installing the Password Export Server on a Server 2008 Domain Controller in the destination forest, the following error was encountered entering the password for the .pes file security key that was generated in the source forest:

The supplied password does not match this encryption key's password. ADMT's Password Migration Filter DLL will not install without a valid encryption key.





The error that was being generated "the password does not match this encryption key" is bogus, as the password did match. This error was actually being generated by a permission problem to the SAM database caused by UAC (user account control).

To get around this run a command prompt as administrator and launch pwdmig.msi from there. Ensure the command prompt is running as administrator!

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35 comments:

  1. Andrew SuthanahJune 29, 2010 at 3:34 AM

    dude - this has saved me a million hours - thanks :-)

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  2. FranctJune 29, 2010 at 5:44 AM

    Me too! Thanks!

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  3. AnonymousAugust 28, 2010 at 12:13 AM

    tnx man great tip

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  4. AnonymousOctober 24, 2010 at 8:10 PM

    Yep, me too! Dang!

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  5. AnonymousNovember 10, 2010 at 2:53 AM

    Thanks!!!

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  6. AnonymousDecember 6, 2010 at 8:43 AM

    +1 Thanks!!!

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 19, 2011 at 9:53 PM

    Thank you!

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  8. Tyler GohlFebruary 17, 2011 at 1:40 PM

    Freaking UAC :(

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  9. Brad DabbsMarch 25, 2011 at 10:59 AM

    Awesome! Saved me a lot of frustration

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  10. UnknownApril 18, 2011 at 1:35 PM

    Thank you!!

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  11. AnonymousAugust 8, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    *facepalm*

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  12. AnonymousAugust 28, 2011 at 2:55 AM

    You are great Man.... All .msi files should be executed from cmd :) i faced same issue with TMG Sp1 and it was resolved by running from cmd.

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  13. steveSeptember 13, 2011 at 9:30 AM

    saved me a lot of headache, thank you!

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  14. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2011 at 9:43 AM

    You da man! My forehead thanks you as I can stop banging my head into my desk!

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  15. AnonymousNovember 21, 2011 at 1:18 PM

    OMG! Thank-you soooo much! This was driving me crazy!

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  16. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2012 at 9:49 AM

    Thanks buddy !

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  17. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2012 at 11:49 AM

    Thanks a lot!!

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  18. AnonymousMarch 28, 2012 at 2:47 AM

    N1!

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  19. AnonymousJune 8, 2012 at 9:13 AM

    Frickin Microsoft, you think they could specify this in their documentation, people like you save people like me lots of time, THANKS!!!

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  20. AnonymousJuly 5, 2012 at 1:00 PM

    Thanks a lot
    Philippe

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  21. AnonymousSeptember 20, 2012 at 6:53 AM

    Saved another IT Admin. Thanks!

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  22. AnonymousJanuary 2, 2013 at 2:13 PM

    another admin saved...

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  23. AnonymousApril 29, 2013 at 5:18 PM

    And one more admin saved.
    Many thanks!

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  24. AnonymousMay 9, 2013 at 3:34 AM

    Thank You!

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  25. AnonymousJanuary 6, 2014 at 7:30 PM

    it works!
    Thanks a lot!

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  26. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2014 at 12:05 AM

    Excellent Solutions, Thanks a Tons...... it really helped me.. Peter S

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  27. AnonymousMarch 10, 2014 at 2:37 AM

    Gracias por la aportación, también me ha llevado varios días de intentos sin éxito

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  28. AnonymousMarch 24, 2014 at 5:12 AM

    it works!
    Thanks a lot!

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  29. UnknownJuly 24, 2014 at 1:25 AM

    Hello
    I have a problem to find and install PES 3.1 x64.
    Would you please help me.
    Thank you

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  30. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2014 at 7:23 AM

    add one more thank you!

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  31. AnonymousSeptember 30, 2014 at 11:45 PM

    thank you so much

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  32. AnonymousFebruary 4, 2015 at 8:46 PM

    Thank a lot!!!

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  33. AnonymousMarch 19, 2015 at 6:59 AM

    Thanks! Few hours looking for a solution!

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  34. UnknownApril 29, 2015 at 10:51 AM

    Thanks! Saved me from banging my head on my desk some more.

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  35. AnonymousAugust 19, 2015 at 1:09 AM

    Thank you for this! Located link on https://blog.thesysadmins.co.uk/admt-series-4-password-export-server.html if anyone is ever looking for a good guide for ADMT

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