Script to change windows user password

Any ideas? Thanks, Ken. Best Answer. Thai Pepper. CyberSecHakr This person is a verified professional. Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. You will probably need to setup some form of self-service password portal.. View this "Best Answer" in the replies below ». JTFSupport This person is a verified professional. Kevin Reed - Ysgol Llanhari This person is a verified professional. Hope that helps Edited Aug 21, at UTC. Note 5: Trace how the ObjUser manipulate the password with the special.

SetPassword method. What this does is enter the password just as if you had typed it in the Active Directory Users and Computers interface. SetInfo method is the equivalent of you pressing the OK button on the dialog box. Note 6: From a purely scripting point of view, the neat feature is the way that the example cycles through all the accounts in the strContainer.

VBScript controls this by looping with , For Each …. Note 7: Hardly a script goes by without the need of the If… then end if construction. For this example, we filter the objects with the, If objUser. The point is that the OU could also contain computers whose passwords we wish to remain unchanged. This utility will also guide you through troubleshooting; the dashboard will indicate whether the root cause is a broken link, faulty equipment or resource overload. What I like best is the way NPM suggests solutions to network problems.

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This script builds on Example 1, so I recommend you check over the above script before tackling this more advanced example.

As you set the account password, there are two other factors that you may wish to include in the script. Note 1: Observe the two VBScript methods.

SetPassword and. Also, see how. SetInfo is rather like pressing the OK button if you were to perform the same task manually at the Active Directory Users and Computers interface.

Any help would be appreciated. Spiceworks Help Desk. The help desk software for IT. Track users' IT needs, easily, and with only the features you need. Learn More ». Are you trying to kick it off on the workstation or on the authentication server?

Bill Nov 2, at UTC. The workstation would need to clear the cached credential and then the end user would need to re-enter before using outlook to avoid a lockout. So, I guess the workstation would need to hit the authentication server to check if the password was changed, if so, then run a login script. Possibly mix it with a active directory check for password last set? Edited Nov 2, at UTC. JitenSh This person is a verified professional.

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