Reset local Administrator password

[Guest Ammad Shah]

Windows 2003 and XP professional Domain Environment.

 

Dear all,

 

i want to change local administrator password of all workstations (XP) and

Windows 2003 member servers, since there are 90 hosts and 15 member server.

is there easy way to set the new password on all systems?

 

thanks.

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: Reset local Administrator password

 

Hello Ammad,

 

Have a look here:

http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog/?p=59

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> Windows 2003 and XP professional Domain Environment.

>

> Dear all,

>

> i want to change local administrator password of all workstations (XP)

> and Windows 2003 member servers, since there are 90 hosts and 15

> member server. is there easy way to set the new password on all

> systems?

>

> thanks.

>

[Guest Ranen QU]

Re: Reset local Administrator password

 

Hi Ammad

I suggest that you can use to complete the script, please refer to

net user [userName [Password | *] [options]] [/domain]

net user [userName {Password | *} /add [options] [/domain]]

net user [userName [/delete] [/domain]]

Want to help you

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"Meinolf Weber" wrote:

> Hello Ammad,

>

> Have a look here:

> http://www.frickelsoft.net/blog/?p=59

>

> Best regards

>

> Meinolf Weber

> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers

> no rights.

> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups

> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

>

> > Windows 2003 and XP professional Domain Environment.

> >

> > Dear all,

> >

> > i want to change local administrator password of all workstations (XP)

> > and Windows 2003 member servers, since there are 90 hosts and 15

> > member server. is there easy way to set the new password on all

> > systems?

> >

> > thanks.

> >

>

>

>

[Guest Graham]

RE: Reset local Administrator password

 

Hi Ammad

 

Like many admins, I had this problem a few years back. To resolve it, and

also with the caveat that different PC naming conventions would need

different local admin passwords.

 

I created the following VBS script:

 

--------------------

On Error Resume Next

Set DomObj = GetObject("WinNT://<new_format_domainname>")

DomObj.Filter = Array("computer")

 

For Each computer In DomObj

if (Instr(computer.name,"xxx") or Instr(computer.name,"yyy") or

Instr(computer.name,"zzz")) then

wscript.echo computer.name

Set DomObj = GetObject("WinNT://<old_format_domainname>/" & computer.name

& "/Administrator,user")

DomObj.SetPassword "password"

end if

Next

-----------------------------

 

replace the <new_format_domainname> and <old_format_domainname> with your

relevant info.

 

Note that you will have to replace xxx, yyy and zzz with part of your

relevant naming convention and even remove instances of the Instring if you

don't need them. eg if all your head office PC's start with "HO", replace

with "HO". It will then reset the password on any PC in the directory that

starts with "HO".

 

save the file as reset_password.vbs

 

run it by typing:

 

cscript <path>\reset_password.vbs

 

Unbeleiveable this functionality was not part of windows from the outset as

it is such an obvious task that needs to be achieved!

 

 

 

"Ammad Shah" wrote:

> Windows 2003 and XP professional Domain Environment.

>

> Dear all,

>

> i want to change local administrator password of all workstations (XP) and

> Windows 2003 member servers, since there are 90 hosts and 15 member server.

> is there easy way to set the new password on all systems?

>

> thanks.