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Even if you used only one service account for your entire Windows SharePoint Services and Project Server 2007 installation, when you change the password, you must change it in quite a few places. To change the password values for the service accounts in your base SharePoint installation, follow the directions in this Microsoft Knowledgebase article and then complete the steps below to change the password for Project Server services and related services.
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Set Microsoft Eventing and Queueing service passwords and the SharePoint Timer Service password
- On the server running Project Server 2007, from the Start menu, select Administrative Tools and Services.
- Locate the following services:
- Microsoft Project Server Eventing
- Microsoft Project Server Queuing
- Windows SharePoint Services Timer
- Double-click on each service and repeat the next four steps for each one
- In the service properties, click on the Log On tab
- In the Password and Confirm Password field, enter the password for the
Windows Users Account
- Click the Apply button and then the OK button
- Close the Services Dialog.
Set the password for the service account running the Application Pools for the web applications in Internet Information Services
- From the Start menu, select Run, enter "inetmgr" and click the OK button, or from the Start Menu, right click on the My Computer and select Manage to open the Management Console
- Expand the ServerName and Application Pools
- Locate the following Application Pools or go thru each application pool
listed:
- Web Application(s) hosting WSS and Project Server, i.e. Default Web Site
or SharePoint - 80
- Web Application hosting the Shared Service Provider, for example SharedServices1 or SharePoint Central Administration v3
- Right-click on each Application Pool running with a Windows User Account and choose Properties
- Click on the Identity tab and enter the new password
- Click Apply. Re-enter the new password for confirmation. Click the OK button
- Close Internet Information Services Manager
- From the Start menu, select Run. Enter "iisreset" and click the OK button to restart Internet Information Services
Note: You may need to restart the server if you are unable to successfully connect to SharePoint Central Administration below to reset the password for the Shared Service Provider.
Set the password for the Shared Services Provider hosting your Project Server from SharePoint Central Administration
- From the Start menu, select Programs, Microsoft Office Server, and SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration
- Click on Application Management
- In the section, Office SharePoint Server Shared Services, click on Create or configure this farm's shared services
- Float your mouse pointer over the Shared Service Provider hosting the web application for Project Server and click on the drop-down list.
- Select Edit Properties
- In the Edit Shared Service Provider properties, enter the new password
for the SSP Service Credentials
- Click the OK button.
Note: If you use the same account to install SQL Server, you also need to update the password for all SQL related services in services.msc.
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Microsoft Project Server Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) provide information about Microsoft Project Server 2002, Microsoft Project Server 2003, Microsoft Project Server 2007, and Microsoft Project Server 2010.
Topics include common errors and the Project Server queue, project manager and resource manager approvals, enterprise calendars, enterprise custom fields, enterprise projects and the enterprise resource pool, user access, reports and OLAP analysis, resource work, project costing, task progress reporting and timesheets, Project Web Access (PWA) and Project Professional, check-out check-in and the local cache, saving and publishing, and issues risks deliverables documents and project workspaces.
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