Resetting a local Admin Password

[James Robertson]

Can you reset the Local Admin Passwords on several
machines through Group Policy? And manage passwords
through the Domain.

 

[Torgeir Bakken (MVP)]

Can you reset the Local Admin Passwords on several
machines through Group Policy?

Hi

You could do it in a computer startup script (with a GPO) that runs as
part of the boot up process (before the user logs in). It runs under the
system context and has admin rights.


As long as the Administrator account name is "Administrator", this will work:

sNewPassword = "testpassword"
Set oWshNet = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
sComputer = oWshNet.ComputerName

On Error Resume Next
Set oUser = GetObject("WinNT://" & sComputer & "/Administrator,user")
oUser.SetPassword sNewPassword
oUser.SetInfo
On Error Goto 0

 

[Bobby McMillan [MSFT]]

There is not a way to do this via group policy. There is however a way to
do it with a utility named cusrmgr.exe. Take a look at this:

272530 How to Use the Cusrmgr.exe Tool to Change Administrator Account
Password
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=272530



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