RE: bulk creation of user passwords

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From: Mark Simpson (MarkSimpson_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/26/04 

Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2004 10:37:01 -0700

I use a simple batch file with the line: net user <username> <password> (look
in the help commands for net user) which I created in excel entering the
users surname copied directly from the roll.

"Scott" wrote:

> I'd be happy to share what I wrote for creating users
> from a CSV at this school. Send me an email at
> sjohnson_AT_edina.k12.mn.us and I'll forward the script.
>
> Scott
>
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> >We are a secondary school with a need to create ~250 new
> users from a
> >csv file. We run windows 2003 server.
> >
> >We have worked out how to get them onto the system using
> csvde, but we
> >really like to set up their passwords for them in
> advance (they are all
> >aged 11 so they won't pick good passwords if they pick
> them themselves).
> >
> >I'd appreciate any information of how we might do this;
> I can create a
> >batch file with passwords in it, but dont' know how to
> apply them to our
> >users. We can do it as a separate step to the csvde
> stage with no
> >problem if he have to.
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