Removed Functionality - Change a password for a domain account from a workgroup machine.

[Mike Brannigan]

Under Windows XP you could change a password for an account in a
domain even though your machine was in a workgroup via the
Control Panel ... User Accounts (pick an account) ... Manage Network
Passwords ... select a stored connection .. Properties; and on the
dialog box is a Change button which allows you to change a Domain
password without being a member of that domain.
You are just required to enter the old and new passwords.

This button "Change" has been removed from Vista.
Has the functionality been moved elsewhere.

This is required to allow access to resources in untrusted domains and
still be able to reset the account you are using password.

 

[Mike Brannigan]

Hi Mike,

Glad to see that someone other than me cares about the loss of this
functionality!

Have you also noted that network passwords no longer accepts the
"DOMAIN\*"
syntax which conveniently allowed you to wildcard all server
passwords in a
given domain?

In Vista, you have to enter each one separately (or use *.domain.com
and
then use the FQDN for each reference of a server name). When you
need to
change the password, you have to do it elsewhere and then change
EACH of your
network password entries that uses it!

Stuart.

I know - madness.
The real killer is the subtle line "... to change the password, you
have to do it elsewhere ..."
Other then terminal serving to some other PC there does not appear to
be a way to change a password on a Doman from a workgroup machine now
! this is actually an issue for me.