Reset local Administrator password

[Ammad Shah]

Windows 2003 and XP professional Domain Environment.

Dear all,

i want to change local administrator password of all workstations (XP) and
Windows 2003 member servers, since there are 90 hosts and 15 member server.
is there easy way to set the new password on all systems?

[Meinolf Weber]

I suggest that you can use to complete the script, please refer to
net user [UserName [Password | *] [options]] [/domain]
net user [UserName {Password | *} /add [options] [/domain]]
net user [UserName [/delete] [/domain]]
Want to help you

[Graham]

Like many admins, I had this problem a few years back. To resolve it, and
also with the caveat that different PC naming conventions would need
different local admin passwords.

I created the following VBS script:

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On Error Resume Next
Set DomObj = GetObject("WinNT://<new_format_domainname>")
DomObj.Filter = Array("computer")

For Each computer In DomObj
if (Instr(computer.name,"xxx") or Instr(computer.name,"yyy") or
Instr(computer.name,"zzz")) then
wscript.echo computer.name
Set DomObj = GetObject("WinNT://<old_format_domainname>/" & computer.name
& "/Administrator,user")
DomObj.SetPassword "password"
end if
Next
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replace the <new_format_domainname> and <old_format_domainname> with your
relevant info.

Note that you will have to replace xxx, yyy and zzz with part of your
relevant naming convention and even remove instances of the Instring if you
don't need them. eg if all your head office PC's start with "HO", replace
with "HO". It will then reset the password on any PC in the directory that
starts with "HO".

save the file as reset_password.vbs

run it by typing:

cscript <path>\reset_password.vbs

Unbeleiveable this functionality was not part of windows from the outset as
it is such an obvious task that needs to be achieved!

[tina1203]

Reset /crack/hack/recovery windows password/admin password/ vista password with windows password unlocker

1. Log onto a computer that can link to the Internet. Download Windows Password Unlocker 4.0 from //sn.im/wpu and decompress it on that PC. Note that: there is a .ISO file. Burn the .ISO file to a CD.
2.Get out the newly created CD and insert it to the locked computer.
3.Re-boot the locked computer and then follow the process of instructions. Just after a few steps, the old password will be removed.
4.Set new password:
Step 1: Open the "Control Panel
Step 2: Click the "User Account
Step 3: Select the account you wanna set a new password.
Step 4: Click "Changing Account " and "Set Up Password", then fill out the form as listed. Click "Create Password".

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

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[Ace Fekay [MCT]]

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