http://blogs.msdn.com/priyo/archive/2009/05/11/having-a-custom-admin-content-database-in-sharepoint-2007.aspxOne of the common business requirements is to have a custom name for the Admin Content (Central Administration) Database. There are two ways to achieve that. One is to choose the custom name while installation and the second way is to rename the databasesenCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/priyo/archive/2009/05/11/having-a-custom-admin-content-database-in-sharepoint-2007.aspx#9604146Mon, 11 May 2009 22:15:09 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9604146Having a custom Admin Content Database in SharePoint 2007 | Coded Style<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.codedstyle.com/having-a-custom-admin-content-database-in-sharepoint-2007/">http://www.codedstyle.com/having-a-custom-admin-content-database-in-sharepoint-2007/</a></p> http://blogs.msdn.com/priyo/archive/2009/05/11/having-a-custom-admin-content-database-in-sharepoint-2007.aspx#9854030Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:56:19 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9854030Qbenboy<p>I must be missing something, I am trying to rename the Content db post install and get an Access denied when running the addcontentdb command.</p>http://blogs.msdn.com/priyo/archive/2009/05/11/having-a-custom-admin-content-database-in-sharepoint-2007.aspx#9854415Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:56:32 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9854415priyo<p>Are you using win 08? then you have to start the command prompt in admin mode (Run As Administrator)</p>