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07.17.2008 at 09:14AM PDT, ID: 23573834
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How to mass change local admin password

Asked by esbfern in Active Directory

Tags: Microosft, Server, 2003, Client Computer Admin Password Change

All,
I'm looking for a way to change the local admin password on over 5000 machines.  I know this can be scripted as a VB script and linked to a GPO.  The problem with that way is if someone opens up GPMC and finds the Group Policy linked to their computer they can then browse to the location of that vbscript and open the file up and see what the password is.  I like how the Group Policy way will catch comptuers as they come onto the network and i know there are tools out there that you can run once against an OU and catch those computers who are online, but that doesn't take care of the comptuers who aren't turned on.  Any ideas of an application or a way to do this to make it both secure and automated?

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