Shortcut to change password dialog

[Guest rvaas]

Hi everybody,

I want to create a shortcut to open the change password dialog for the

current user. The users can´t use Ctrl-Alt-Del because they only connect via

Terminal Server - and they asked whether they could change their passwords

whenever they want (it works when the password expires, but they want to

control when they change it).

Is there a way to open that dialog via explorer with command line options or

WMI call (maybe via VBS) to open that dialog?

 

Kind regards,

Rudi

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Shortcut to change password dialog

 

 

"rvaas" <rvaas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Hi everybody,

> I want to create a shortcut to open the change password dialog for the

> current user. The users can´t use Ctrl-Alt-Del because they only connect

> via

> Terminal Server - and they asked whether they could change their passwords

> whenever they want (it works when the password expires, but they want to

> control when they change it).

> Is there a way to open that dialog via explorer with command line options

> or

> WMI call (maybe via VBS) to open that dialog?

>

> Kind regards,

> Rudi

 

No need for a shortcut - get the users to press Ctrl+Alt+End while

on the Terminal Server.

 

If you still insist on using an alternative method to change the password

then you can embed the following command into a batch file:

 

net user %UserName% NewPassword /domain

[Guest rvaas]

Re: Shortcut to change password dialog

 

>

> No need for a shortcut - get the users to press Ctrl+Alt+End while

> on the Terminal Server.

>

> If you still insist on using an alternative method to change the password

> then you can embed the following command into a batch file:

>

> net user %UserName% NewPassword /domain

>

>

Hi Pegasus (MVP),

thank you for your quick response, when I execute your batch command I

receive a - request will be processed by a domain controller - system error 5.

Hitting ctrl-alt-del does not work for them as they are logged into their

local machine with accounts from a different and unknown domain. And they

should be able to change their accounts in our domain, which is used to log

on to Terminal Server.

 

Kind regards,

Rudi

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Shortcut to change password dialog

 

 

"rvaas" <rvaas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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>>

>> No need for a shortcut - get the users to press Ctrl+Alt+End while

>> on the Terminal Server.

>>

>> If you still insist on using an alternative method to change the password

>> then you can embed the following command into a batch file:

>>

>> net user %UserName% NewPassword /domain

>>

>>

> Hi Pegasus (MVP),

> thank you for your quick response, when I execute your batch command I

> receive a - request will be processed by a domain controller - system

> error 5.

> Hitting ctrl-alt-del does not work for them as they are logged into their

> local machine with accounts from a different and unknown domain. And they

> should be able to change their accounts in our domain, which is used to

> log

> on to Terminal Server.

>

> Kind regards,

> Rudi

 

I did not write "Ctrl+Alt+Del" - I wrote "Ctrl+Alt+End"!