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Changing Win95 and WinNT Passwords
Keywords: change password
Question:
Do you have an example of how to change a Win95 password?Answer:
Changing the Password in Windows 95:
The bad news is that we cannot change the passwords from a Windows 95 Client. The required API's simply are not available to us. If we could do it we would...Or try running the DOS NET.EXE command directly, as in:
run("command.com", "/c net.exe password | /domain:domainname usename oldpswd newpswd")
One of our users reported that this works.
Changing Passwords in NT:
To change the password in NT, it would look something like:
; Change NT Server password.
BoxesUp("170,400,850,600", @normal)
BoxColor(1, "192,192,192",0)
BoxDrawRect(1, "0,0,1000,1000", 2)
BoxDrawText(1, "100,300,910,300", ChgNT, @FALSE, 1)
BoxCaption(1, LongTitle)
TweakNT=wntChgPswd(NTServer,User,OldPwd,NewPwd)
BoxDestroy(1)
For changing passwords in Netware, see Article ID: W13588.
Article ID: W13304
Filename: Changing Password in 95 - NT.txt
File Created: 2000:03:21:13:09:52
Last Updated: 2000:03:21:13:09:52