Re: changing passwords remotely

From: Marin Marinov (mlmarinov_at_askme.ca)
Date: 04/28/04


Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:46:08 -0400

In article <#A4CbiTLEHA.1312@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>, Nospam@nospam.com
says...
> On windows98 we were able to use
> net password \\server userid oldpass newpass
>
> Is there a command on windows XP that will let us do the same thing?
> Because XP no longer has the net password.
>
Ctrl+Alt+Del/Change Password - type the NetBIOS name of the machine on
which you want to change the password in the "Log on to:" box. To change
a password you can also user the "net user" command (type "net help
user" for syntax details). For domain accounts there are even more
options.

HTH

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Cheers,
   Marin Marinov
   MCT,MCSE 2003,MCSE:Security 2003
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