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I assume you have installed Server Core Edition which is why you cannot use the GUI interface?<br />
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The Net user command for changing a password is quite simply<br />
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net user Administrator &lt;newpassword&gt;<br />
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You must run the command from an elevated command prompt.<br />
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-tigermatt
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I assume you have installed Server Core Edition which is why you cannot use the GUI interface?

The Net user command for changing a password is quite simply

net user Administrator <newpassword>

You must run the command from an elevated command prompt.

-tigermatt

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I have already done this to set password but I need the command that says password required<br />
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I have tried net user Administrator {password} [passwordreq]<br />
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but no luck
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I have already done this to set password but I need the command that says password required

I have tried net user Administrator {password} [passwordreq]

but no luck

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I am setting up a new Domain Controller in Windows 2008 it says the admin account needs to be set to required password using &quot;net user&quot; I cant seem to &nbsp;get the right syntax command. Can anyone help with this?
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I am setting up a new Domain Controller in Windows 2008 it says the admin account needs to be set to required password using "net user" I cant seem to  get the right syntax command. Can anyone help with this?

New Domain in an existing tree

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.