Local Admin Password Problem change local admin password on multiple computers
\n<\/p>\n
SysInternals offers a free too called PsPasswd
\nhttp:\/\/www.sysinternals.com\/Utilities\/PsPasswd.html , which
\nallows you to remotely reset passwords on a range of computers
\non your network. The tool will also report successes and
\nfailures of changed passwords, and allows you to run a single
\ncommand against a list of computers. Since the password is just
\nincluded within the syntax of a command that you run, it will
\nnever be stored as plain text in a batch or script file.<\/p>\n
To use PsPasswd, you’ll first need a list of all computers in
\nyour domain. To enumerate all computer objects in a domain,
\nyou could run this script:<\/p>\n
LogFile = “C:\\computers.txt”
\nConst ForWriting = 2
\nConst ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE = 2<\/p>\n
Set objConnection = CreateObject(“ADODB.Connection”)
\nSet objCommand = CreateObject(“ADODB.Command”)
\nobjConnection.Provider = “ADsDSOObject”
\nobjConnection.Open “Active Directory Provider”<\/p>\n
Set objCOmmand.ActiveConnection = objConnection
\nobjCommand.CommandText = _
\n “Select Name, Location from ‘LDAP:\/\/DC=mcpmag,DC=com’ ” _
\n & “Where objectClass=’computer'”
\nobjCommand.Properties(“Page Size”) = 1000
\nobjCommand.Properties(“Searchscope”) = ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE
\nSet objRecordSet = objCommand.Execute
\nobjRecordSet.MoveFirst<\/p>\n
Set objFSO =
\nCreateObject(“Scripting.FileSystemObject”)
\nSet objFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(LogFile, ForWriting)<\/p>\n
Do Until objRecordSet.EOF
\n objFile.WriteLine objRecordSet.Fields(“Name”).Value
\n objRecordSet.MoveNext
\nLoop<\/p>\n
Note that the script will output to a file named “computers.txt”
\non the C drive. This could be changed by editing the LogFile
\nvariable assignment in the first line of the script. Note that
\nin your environment, you will also need to change the domain
\nreferenced in line 12. In my example, I use mcpmag.com
\n(DC=mcpmag,DC=com).<\/p>\n
Once you have a list of all computers, you can then run
\npspasswd.exe to change the local administrator password on
\nall systems in the list. Here’s the syntax that I used on my
\ntest network:<\/p>\n
pspasswd.exe @c:\\computers.txt administrator P@ssword!<\/p>\n
Following the @ symbol in the command syntax is the path to
\nthe file containing all computer names. The next part of the
\nsyntax is the name of the account whose password will be
\nchanged, followed by the new password (P@ssword!).<\/p>\n
Now here is the output that was generated from the command:<\/p>\n
PsPasswd v1.21 – Local and remote password changer
\nCopyright (C) 2003-2004 Mark Russinovich
\nSysinternals – www.sysinternals.com<\/p>\n
\\\\PC1:
\nError changing password:
\nThe network path was not found.<\/p>\n
\\\\BSODME:
\nPassword for BSODME\\administrator successfully changed.<\/p>\n
Since the output will list both success and failures, you will
\nbe able to note the systems in which the password was not
\nsuccessfully changed. In my case, the system named PC1 was not
\nlocated. So I would have to ensure that PC1 was online and then
\nrun the command a second time. (Note that PsPasswd can also be
\nrun against a single computer.) Since the command relies on UNC
\npaths to connect to systems, you will need to ensure that the
\ntarget systems have File and Print Sharing enabled and that File
\nand Print Sharing is not being blocked by the system’s firewall.
\nBy default, the Windows XP Pro SP2 firewall does not allow File
\nand Print sharing. However, this can be quickly changed via
\nGroup Policy.<\/p>\n
As you can see, with a simple list of computers on your network,
\nremotely changing the local administrator password using PsPasswd
\nis a relatively painless process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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