Well-Known Account Upgrade
Applies To: Windows Server 2008
When a computer is promoted to become a domain controller, the promotion process recreates the required well-known groups and local groups that are not present when you install Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) to make a computer a domain controller.
Events
| Event ID | Source | Message |
|---|---|---|
SAM |
An error occured while creating new default accounts for this domain. This may be due to a transient error condition. The task will retry periodically until success and will log this message again in a week if the problem persists. | |
SAM |
The error "%2" occurred when trying to create the well known account %1. | |
SAM |
The Security Account Database detected that the well known account %1 does not exist. The account has been recreated. Please reset the password for the account. |