Re: Setting local admin passwords

From: Roger Abell [MVP] (mvpNoSpam_at_asu.edu)
Date: 02/25/04


Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 19:07:10 -0700

A script used outside of (not as a part of) group policy is your main
option.
Since these local accounts are, well, machine local, you must visit each
machine, one way or another. The main issues with doing this with a script
are keeping it opaque on the wire, and, keeping track of where the change
was not successful.

"Dave W." <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F8F02316-E8B2-465C-A9FC-2EA5EB5A5E75@microsoft.com...
> I am managing a number of PCs using Windows Server 2003 and would like to
know if there is way to set all of the PCs local ADMINISTRATION passwords to
the same password without having to "manage' each individual machine and set
the password. We need to change these passwords regularly and I am hoping
there is a group policy of some type that can help control these.
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide.



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