Changing the local administrator password on multiple PC's in XP

[xcoach]

I have approximately 1400 PC's at my site and want to change the
administrator password on all of them. I have tried using net user to
accomplish this, but it doesn't seem to work. Does anyone have any other
solutions?

 

[John John]

Re: Changing the local administrator password on multiple PC's inXP

You should be able to do it with cusrmgr.exe. I think it also works
with XP but I'm not 100% sure, search Microsoft's site for more information.

How to Use the Cusrmgr.exe Tool to Change Administrator Account Password
on Multiple Computers
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/272530

This may also help:

Change a local admin password with Local Security Utility.exe
http://searchwincomputing.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid68_gci1083716,00.html

10601Local Security Utility.zip
http://www.dnr.state.mi.us/ftp/forestry/

John


xcoach wrote:

> I have approximately 1400 PC's at my site and want to change the
> administrator password on all of them. I have tried using net user to
> accomplish this, but it doesn't seem to work. Does anyone have any other
> solutions?

 

[Ian]

Re: Changing the local administrator password on multiple PC's in

It should work with NET USER in a login script, but the logged-on user must
be an Administrator to do this. This may be where your problem is. Since the
login script will almost always be executed by a limited user, you can (and
need to) supply alternative credentials to the NET USER command. Just make
sure the user doesn't get to see these onscreen.

 

[xcoach]

Re: Changing the local administrator password on multiple PC's in

All of my users have local admin rights. I did not run net user in a login
script, I just ran it from a command prompt to test it.

"Ian" wrote:

> It should work with NET USER in a login script, but the logged-on user must
> be an Administrator to do this. This may be where your problem is. Since the
> login script will almost always be executed by a limited user, you can (and
> need to) supply alternative credentials to the NET USER command. Just make
> sure the user doesn't get to see these onscreen.
>

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Re: Changing the local administrator password on multiple PC's in

xcoach wrote:
> All of my users have local admin rights.


Then why even bother putting a password on the Administrator account?
You already have no security. The users can rest the Administrator's
password (and do whatever else they want) whenever they like.


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Bruce Chambers

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