Admin Password

I have 100 workstations so is there a way to change the admin password for
each workstation without going on each one physically and change it. In
another way can I do this using any type of remote. Some of the workstations
has XP, NT and 2000.

Thanks




sam

You can use a vb script for this. Google for it and you should find it.

"sam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have 100 workstations so is there a way to change the admin password for
> each workstation without going on each one physically and change it. In
> another way can I do this using any type of remote. Some of the
workstations
> has XP, NT and 2000.
>
> Thanks
>
>

On 2004-09-15 13:15:08 -0400, "sam" <(E-Mail Removed)> said:

> I have 100 workstations so is there a way to change the admin password for
> each workstation without going on each one physically and change it. In
> another way can I do this using any type of remote. Some of the workstations
> has XP, NT and 2000.
>
> Thanks

Check the Script Center on the TechNet web site. There are some
scripts there that can automate the process of changing the password on
a local user account. Combine those scripts with some code to loop
through all the computers in the Computers container in AD, and you've
got yourself an automated process.

There are some commercial third-party apps that will do this as well.

HTH.

--
Scott Lowe
Mercurion Systems, Inc.

If you want to change them all to the same password you can use a startup script on
the W2K and XP Pro computers using a batch file containing " net user administrator
newpassword" . Of course that assumes that the built in administrator account is
still administrator and the computer needs to be restarted. Other tools that can help
are PsPasswd that can change the passwords on remote computers. You can even use a
wildcard and it will change the password on all active computers on the domain or use
a file with computer names [full domain name as in computer1.mydomain] to do it in a
batch.

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr...pspasswd.shtml

If you want to change to use different passwords, you can use the cusrmgr Resource
Kit tool and create a batch file as shown in the link below. --- Steve

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;272530

"sam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have 100 workstations so is there a way to change the admin password for
> each workstation without going on each one physically and change it. In
> another way can I do this using any type of remote. Some of the workstations
> has XP, NT and 2000.
>
> Thanks
>
>

Thanks Steven it works fine


"Steven L Umbach" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> If you want to change them all to the same password you can use a startup
script on
> the W2K and XP Pro computers using a batch file containing " net user
administrator
> newpassword" . Of course that assumes that the built in administrator
account is
> still administrator and the computer needs to be restarted. Other tools
that can help
> are PsPasswd that can change the passwords on remote computers. You can
even use a
> wildcard and it will change the password on all active computers on the
domain or use
> a file with computer names [full domain name as in computer1.mydomain] to
do it in a
> batch.
>
> http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr...pspasswd.shtml
>
> If you want to change to use different passwords, you can use the cusrmgr
Resource
> Kit tool and create a batch file as shown in the link below. --- Steve
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;272530
>
> "sam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have 100 workstations so is there a way to change the admin password
for
> > each workstation without going on each one physically and change it. In
> > another way can I do this using any type of remote. Some of the
workstations
> > has XP, NT and 2000.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
>
>