Guest xcoach Posted July 27, 2007 Posted July 27, 2007 I have approximately 1400 PC's at my site and want to change the administrator password on all of them. I have tried using net user to accomplish this, but it doesn't seem to work. Does anyone have any other solutions?
Guest John John Posted July 27, 2007 Posted July 27, 2007 Re: Changing the local administrator password on multiple PC's inXP Re: Changing the local administrator password on multiple PC's inXP You should be able to do it with cusrmgr.exe. I think it also works with XP but I'm not 100% sure, search Microsoft's site for more information. How to Use the Cusrmgr.exe Tool to Change Administrator Account Password on Multiple Computers http://support.microsoft.com/kb/272530 This may also help: Change a local admin password with Local Security Utility.exe http://searchwincomputing.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid68_gci1083716,00.html 10601Local Security Utility.zip http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/ftp/forestry/ John xcoach wrote: > I have approximately 1400 PC's at my site and want to change the > administrator password on all of them. I have tried using net user to > accomplish this, but it doesn't seem to work. Does anyone have any other > solutions?
Guest Ian Posted July 27, 2007 Posted July 27, 2007 Re: Changing the local administrator password on multiple PC's in Re: Changing the local administrator password on multiple PC's in It should work with NET USER in a login script, but the logged-on user must be an Administrator to do this. This may be where your problem is. Since the login script will almost always be executed by a limited user, you can (and need to) supply alternative credentials to the NET USER command. Just make sure the user doesn't get to see these onscreen.
Guest xcoach Posted July 27, 2007 Posted July 27, 2007 Re: Changing the local administrator password on multiple PC's in Re: Changing the local administrator password on multiple PC's in All of my users have local admin rights. I did not run net user in a login script, I just ran it from a command prompt to test it. "Ian" wrote: > It should work with NET USER in a login script, but the logged-on user must > be an Administrator to do this. This may be where your problem is. Since the > login script will almost always be executed by a limited user, you can (and > need to) supply alternative credentials to the NET USER command. Just make > sure the user doesn't get to see these onscreen. >
Guest Bruce Chambers Posted July 28, 2007 Posted July 28, 2007 Re: Changing the local administrator password on multiple PC's in Re: Changing the local administrator password on multiple PC's in xcoach wrote: > All of my users have local admin rights. Then why even bother putting a password on the Administrator account? You already have no security. The users can rest the Administrator's password (and do whatever else they want) whenever they like. -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -Benjamin Franklin Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell
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