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?

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...083716,00.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?

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.

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.
>

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.


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