Re: Local Admin Account...

From: Philip Nunn (bigphil_at_newsgroups.nospam)
Date: 01/31/05 

Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:32:48 -0800

you can use a computer startup script to do this. here is a quick .bat file
example to do this.

net user administrator password

Just type in the password you want and it will set it.

Philip Nunn

"AmC" <iis99999@email.com> wrote in message
news:1107212884.307181.34800@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>
> Hi Guys,
>
> Quick question- can I use Group Policy to change the local
> administrators password on all the workstations in a container?
>
> Basically I have 500 Workstations in the LOCATION\computers container,
> the local admin password on these machines hasn't changed for quite a
> while and I'd like to do this the quickest and easiest way possible.
> Users who log on are not administrators, so I don't know if/how any
> logon script method would work (though I'm open to suggestions!).
> Thanks for any help,
>
> AmC.
>

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