Rename Admininistrator Account and Change Password

[Guest dm3281]

Hello --

 

I have about 70+ Windows 2003 Servers and 100 Windows XP desktops in my

enterprise environment.

 

We recently demoted one of our IT admins and would like to change the admin

name on all our machines and its password.

 

Does anyone know of good free or commercial tools that allow for this?

 

I cannot stand the thought of having to remote into all machines every time

someone leaves our department -- or to simply change the local admin

accounts for workstations.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Rename Admininistrator Account and Change Password

 

 

"dm3281" <dm3281@nospam.net> wrote in message

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> Hello --

>

> I have about 70+ Windows 2003 Servers and 100 Windows XP desktops in my

> enterprise environment.

>

> We recently demoted one of our IT admins and would like to change the

> admin name on all our machines and its password.

>

> Does anyone know of good free or commercial tools that allow for this?

>

> I cannot stand the thought of having to remote into all machines every

> time someone leaves our department -- or to simply change the local admin

> accounts for workstations.

>

 

Have a look at the thread "Reset local Administrator password", posted

here two weeks ago, with an almost identical question.

[Guest Special Access]

Re: Rename Admininistrator Account and Change Password

 

On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 17:12:51 -0500, "dm3281" <dm3281@nospam.net> wrote:

>Hello --

>

>I have about 70+ Windows 2003 Servers and 100 Windows XP desktops in my

>enterprise environment.

>

>We recently demoted one of our IT admins and would like to change the admin

>name on all our machines and its password.

>

>Does anyone know of good free or commercial tools that allow for this?

>

>I cannot stand the thought of having to remote into all machines every time

>someone leaves our department -- or to simply change the local admin

>accounts for workstations.

 

you might try Hyena from http://www.systemtools.com I know you can reset the

password on all the local admin accounts with it, and am fairly sure

you can also rename (just not at the same time as the password change)

 

Mike

[Guest dm3281]

Re: Rename Admininistrator Account and Change Password

 

Actually, there is a nice tool called RandomPassword that will auto change

(based on scheduled intervals) passwords and rename administrator accounts.

 

 

"Special Access" <nonyabidnezz@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> On Sat, 2 Feb 2008 17:12:51 -0500, "dm3281" <dm3281@nospam.net> wrote:

>

>>Hello --

>>

>>I have about 70+ Windows 2003 Servers and 100 Windows XP desktops in my

>>enterprise environment.

>>

>>We recently demoted one of our IT admins and would like to change the

>>admin

>>name on all our machines and its password.

>>

>>Does anyone know of good free or commercial tools that allow for this?

>>

>>I cannot stand the thought of having to remote into all machines every

>>time

>>someone leaves our department -- or to simply change the local admin

>>accounts for workstations.

>

> you might try Hyena from http://www.systemtools.com I know you can reset the

> password on all the local admin accounts with it, and am fairly sure

> you can also rename (just not at the same time as the password change)

>

> Mike