Re: Group password reset

From: Jon LaBarge (jonlabarge_at_comcast.net)
Date: 09/30/05 

Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 15:15:20 -0700

Sigh....

Alas, the group select option will not work.

"Steven L Umbach" <n9rou@n0-spam-for-me-comcast.net> wrote in message
news:3d6dnUWf9-NcyKHeRVn-uQ@comcast.com...
> If you have a Window 2003 domain controller you can do that with Active
> Directory Users and Computers. I believe you highlight all the user
> accounts, select properties, and then select user must change password at
> next logon. I am going by memory so it may be a little more complicated
> [not much] than that but that should get you started in the general
> direction. You can also use the AD command line tools for dsquery for user
> and dsmod for users of which you can pipe the results from dsquery to
> dsmod. Use | between two commands with space before and after to pipe. If
> you have a Windows 2000 domain you still can use the AD command line tools
> if you install adminpak for Windows 2003 [free download from MS] onto a
> Windows XP Pro domain computer and logon as a domain administrator or use
> runas for those tools.
>
> You might want to rethink doing all the accounts in one day. Maybe do a
> fourth or so the first day to see how it goes so as to not flood support
> with calls. Be sure users are educated as to what the requirements are for
> new passwords with specific examples. You might be surprised to find out
> how hard users find this to be. --- Steve
>
> http://www.ss64.com/nt/dsmod.html -- dsmod example.
>
> "Jon LaBarge" <jonlabarge@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:e%23vqG0SxFHA.612@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Is there a way to force all users in AD to reset their password at the
>> next logon without having to do each account 1 by 1? We have implemented
>> PassFilt Pro SPE and I would like for all user to change their passwords
>> to meet the new complexity requirements on the go-live day. Any
>> suggestions?
>>
>> Thx,
>>
>> Jon
>>
>
>

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