Re: Change all my Local Admin passwords automatically...

From: Steven L Umbach (n9rou_at_nscomcast.net)
Date: 07/01/04 

Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 06:04:17 GMT

You can use the command "net user username new password" in a batch file to
run as a "startup" script for a group of computers in an Organizational Unit
[where you could move them temporarily] if you use the same password. After
you put that script in the startup folder be sure to remove permissions to
that file for users and everyone and add domain computers so that users can
not go to the sysvol share and read the new password. Of course you want to
change passwords on any servers involved ASAP and check their local
administrators group membership to make sure a user did not create an
account for himsef. You can use Computer Management to change passwords on
remote computers.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;322241

You can also change the passwords of remote computers [assuming you are an
admin on them] using the free pspasswd utility from SysInternals and can
also do it in batch file or refer to a file with computer names. That way
has the advantage of not having to wait for a reboot that would be needed
for a startup script. See the link below for more details. --- Steve

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pspasswd.shtml

"news.microsoft.com" <malic@nospam.houston.rr.com> wrote in message
news:#I5E6PyXEHA.1764@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I need to know how to automatically change my local admin passwords.
>
> I have AD 2000 enviornment. I'm afraid someone got ahold of my local
admin
> and now users will be able to configure their computers with run as.
>
> Thanks.
>
>

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