Category Archives: Self Service Password Reset

PWReset Activity could not connect to the directory

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

A user of Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Self-Service Password Reset successfully authenticates the question and answer (Q&A) gate, inputs a new password and fails to successfully reset with the generic error “An error occurred when attempting to reset password, please … Continue reading →

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PWReset Activitiy’s MIIS Password Set call failed with ma-access-denied

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

A user of Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Self-Service Password Reset successfully authenticates the question and answer (Q&A) gate, inputs a new password and fails to successfully reset with the generic error “An error occurred when attempting to reset password, please … Continue reading →

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Self-service password reset (SSPR) question and answer (QA) gate complexity criteria in FIM 2010 R2

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

In Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 it is possible for a user to provide the same answer for each question when registering for SSPR.  There is also no control on the minimum length of an answer, whether it must have … Continue reading →

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A gate plugin exception was encountered while running the Password Reset application

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

Scenario You attempt to invoke the self-service password reset (SSPR) process and get the error: A gate plugin exception was encountered while running the Password Reset application. Error Text: An error occurred while calling SetDisplaySettings. Error Code: 50001. A screenshot … Continue reading →

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Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Self Service Password Reset Error: System.Workflow.ComponentModel.WorkflowTerminatedException

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

Scenario A user attempts to reset their password using Forefront Identity Manager 2010 self-service password reset (SSPR). The user successfully authenticates via the question and answer (Q&A) gate, provides the new password and receives the error: An error occurred when … Continue reading →

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The Forefront Identity Manager service has not started yet. Please wait one minute and try again

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

Scenario You browse to the FIM Portal and click the link to Register for password reset. The password reset registration wizard opens and immediately the error “The Forefront Identity Manager service has not started yet. Please wait one minute and … Continue reading →

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FIM Self-Service Password Reset (SSPR) and Active Directory password policy

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 Update 1, when coupled with a Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (or Windows Server 2008 Service pack 2 or Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM plus hotfix) Primary Domain Controller Emulator (PDCe) Operations Master … Continue reading →

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