Local Admin Password change through GPO

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Is there a way to change the local Administrative password
on all systems in an OU by using a GPO?
 
There is not a way to change the password via a gpo. You can only change the
administrator username.

What I would do is create a batch file with a line like this:

net user Administrator SomePassword

and then assign this batch file as a startup script. The local machines will
reset the admin password to SomePassword on startup.

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Will this batch file stay on the local machine?
Or will it get deleted after it executed.

.... I wouldnt want users to find the batch and retrieve the password
;)
 
FYI there is a way to change the local admin password for W2K or XP domain
computers. You have to configure your GPO for a "computer startup script"
this is what my .bat startup script looks like for our domain when i want to
change the computer passwords.

@echo off
if exist %windir%\cusrmgr.exe goto CHANGE
copy \\<SeverName>\netlogon\cusrmgr.exe %windir%\cusrmgr.exe
:CHANGE
%windir%\cusrmgr.exe -u administrator -P <Enter password here>
EXIT

You can get a copy of "cusrmgr.exe" from Microsoft for download or i think
it is also available on the W2k resource kit. Hope it helps!

Philip Nunn
 
Phil-

You can do this with the net program which is on all client machines. See my
reply to the original post.

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