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Change local Admin password Script
Name: ashy47 Date: June 10, 2005 at 12:21:38 Pacific OS: WINXP CPU/Ram: 1.0GB
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Hello, newbie in scripting and I was wondering how is it possible to create a script that would change all the local administrator accounts on my workstations. Or is there better way of handling this sort of task.
Name: Dirty_Sanchez Date: June 10, 2005 at 12:36:40 Pacific
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good luck, I dont think you can b/c of NT's security. If you could, there would be tons of virii out there doing it.
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Response Number 2
Name: XpUser Date: June 10, 2005 at 14:13:58 Pacific
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Or is there better way of handling this sort of task.
Am I seeing things? Am I dreaming?
M$ want to make it easy for you to compromise the very OS they themselves created ...Look HERE and HERE.
i_XpUser
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Response Number 3
Name: jefro Date: June 10, 2005 at 16:41:00 Pacific
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If you are a member of domain admin or maybe even a user with enough privilages you might be able to do this. Might depend on how the computers are setup. I know you could do it though mmc so I am almost sure you could do it as a script. Notice I didn't bet on this either.
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Response Number 4
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: June 10, 2005 at 16:42:26 Pacific
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Am I the only one who checks the MSKB before posting a question?
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Response Number 5
Name: XpUser Date: June 10, 2005 at 16:45:40 Pacific
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Yes you can. In my post above, the first hyperlink (red) includes instructions for writing VB script to reset the machine account. The restriction is that you need to connect to the computer account using the IADsUser interface. You can then use the SetPassword method to set the password to an initial value. The initial password of a computer is always "computername$".
i_XpUser
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Response Number 6
Name: XpUser Date: June 10, 2005 at 16:46:38 Pacific
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Am I the only one who checks the MSKB before posting a question?
:-)
i_XpUser
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Response Number 7
Name: some_dood Date: June 13, 2005 at 12:03:16 Pacific
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XPUser, you are mistaken...
Useless posts help no one and only clutter the internet and search engine results with bad information.
Summary: Wondering if anybody could help me out with where to find a batch file and txt to push out so I can remotely change local admin password to a new one. Or any program out there that makes it easier ...
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