Reset password of Local Admin account from Windows XP to Windows 10.
Hi all,
Today I got a request to reset Local Admin password from Windows XP and Windows 7 machines.
After Microsoft released this update https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2962486?wa=wsignin1.0 Group Policy Preferences stopped working as a way to reset Local passwords.
So below is a script that will do the job. You can run it from a server with domain admin rights and kaboom! You will have a new Local Admin password.
Today I got a request to reset Local Admin password from Windows XP and Windows 7 machines.
After Microsoft released this update https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2962486?wa=wsignin1.0 Group Policy Preferences stopped working as a way to reset Local passwords.
So below is a script that will do the job. You can run it from a server with domain admin rights and kaboom! You will have a new Local Admin password.
#=============================
Clear-Content C:pathservers.txt
get-adcomputer -SearchBase “ou=whatever,dc=domain,dc=local” | ForEach-Object {add-content -path C:pathservers.txt -value $_.Name}
##============================
#Set-PasswordOnServers.ps1
$erroractionpreference = “SilentlyContinue”
$date = Get-Date
foreach ($strComputer in get-content C:pathservers.txt)
{
$ping = new-object System.Net.NetworkInformation.Ping
$Reply = $null
$Reply = $ping.send($strComputer)
if($Reply.status -like ‘Success’)
{
$admin=(“WinNT://” + $strComputer + “/administrator, user”)
$admin.psbase.invoke(“SetPassword”, “NEW LOCAL ADMIN PASSWORD HERE”)
Add-Content -path C:pathservers-reset.txt -Value “Administrator-password on $strComputer reset $date”
}
}