Easy mass local admin password changes
Mass-reset local admin passwords, multiple machines all with different passwords - now with more Easy(TM).
How to use
If there are issues, like the computer name does not exist, you'll see this:
PsPasswd v1.22 - Local and remote password changer
Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
Error changing password:
The RPC server is unavailable.
Script
See below for sources. Removed the echoing to help with visual security. Removed extra parameters as they are not necessary.
@echo off
set FILE=serverpasslist.txt
for /F "skip=2 tokens=1,2*" %%i in (%FILE%) do (
pspasswd.exe \\%%i.domain.local administrator %%j
)
File structure
Spacing is tab-delimited - handy for copying out of Excel.
Target NewPassword
-------------------------------------------------------
SERVER01 Password1!
SERVER02 Password2@
SERVER03 Password3#
Sources
How to use
- Open a command prompt with appropriate credentials.
- Browse to the directory containing the batch file, list file, and Sysinternals tool files.
- Run the batch file.
If there are issues, like the computer name does not exist, you'll see this:
PsPasswd v1.22 - Local and remote password changer
Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Mark Russinovich
Sysinternals - www.sysinternals.com
Error changing password:
The RPC server is unavailable.
Script
See below for sources. Removed the echoing to help with visual security. Removed extra parameters as they are not necessary.
@echo off
set FILE=serverpasslist.txt
for /F "skip=2 tokens=1,2*" %%i in (%FILE%) do (
pspasswd.exe \\%%i.domain.local administrator %%j
)
File structure
Spacing is tab-delimited - handy for copying out of Excel.
Target NewPassword
-------------------------------------------------------
SERVER01 Password1!
SERVER02 Password2@
SERVER03 Password3#
Sources
- http://forum.sysinternals.com/remote-password-change_topic9469.html
- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897543.aspx
- http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/390.how-to-reset-the-local-administrator-password-on-multiple-computers-remotely.aspx
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