Changing Local Admin Passwords

Keywords:    passwords *UNKNOWN*

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Question:

In Windows NT Environment:

1. want to change the local administrator password on multiple workstations

2. logging in as a domain admin with local admin rights, but the local administrator password is unknown.

3. looking for ideas

Answer:

1. wntChgPassword *might* do it with *UNKNOWN* for the old password. (Use *UNKNOWN* with the asterisks around it.) It should accept *UNKNOWN* as the old password field if you are logged on as Administrator.

   Give it a try. There seems to be mixed results with it.

2. If *UNKNOWN* doesn't work, try:

   :resetAll 
   username=StrLower(AskLine("Reset ANY User's Password To 'hello'","Enter The User's Logon Name:",""))
   rslt=wntMemberGet(PDC,"Domain Users",username,@GLOBALGROUP)
   
   if ! rslt
      message("Unknown Logon Name","%username% Is Not A Valid Logon Name.")
      goto resetAll
   endif
   
   wntUserSetDat(PDC,username,"password", "hello")
   wntUserSetDat(PDC,username,"password_expired", 1)
   message("Password Reset","%username%'s Password Has Been Reset To 'hello'")
   return
   

3. Or, try to use a list of known passwords to reset them.

4. Or, use the wntGetUserDat command for changing passwords.

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Article ID:   W13303

Filename:   Changing Local Admin Passwords.txt