PENDING Change local admin password via sccm

[Nitin_ted]

Hi All,
Can anyone share a powershell script to reset/change current admin (local account) password? i need to change all local admin password but the scripts i get from web not really working. We disable in-build local administrator account and create admin account. So we like to change all admin password.

 

[Garth]

Hi All,
Can anyone share a powershell script to reset/change current admin (local account) password? i need to change all local admin password but the scripts i get from web not really working. We disable in-build local administrator account and create admin account. So we like to change all admin password.

What is not working with them? Have you looked at laps?

 

[Prajwal Desai]

LAPS is the suitable solution as recommended by @Garth

 

[Nitin_ted]

LAPS is the suitable solution as recommended by @Garth

Hi @Garth and @Prajwal Desai, we dont use LAPS. I checking my AD team to work on that. Is there any other way?

 

[Garth]

Hi @Garth and @Prajwal Desai, we dont use LAPS. I checking my AD team to work on that. Is there any other way?

sure you can use PowerShell. But you still having told us what didn't work with the script you tested.

 

[Nitin_ted]

sure you can use PowerShell. But you still having told us what didn't work with the script you tested.

Hi @Garth , i do not have. That's why i'm asking if anyone can share. I check online but couldn't find any also not sure if those can be work.

 

[manesh1983]

Use this script to change the local Administrator password. Note that before executing this script you should test in a single machine and then execute in whole machines.

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope Process -Force
# Define the new password
$newPassword = "Your New Password"

# Change the password for the local Administrator account
$adminAccount = [ADSI]"WinNT://./Administrator,user"
$adminAccount.SetPassword($newPassword)
$adminAccount.SetInfo()

# Check if the password change was successful
if ($?) {
    Write-Host "Local Administrator password changed successfully."
} else {
    Write-Host "Failed to change Local Administrator password."
}

 

[Nitin_ted]

Use this script to change the local Administrator password. Note that before executing this script you should test in a single machine and then execute in whole machines.

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope Process -Force
# Define the new password
$newPassword = "Your New Password"

# Change the password for the local Administrator account
$adminAccount = [ADSI]"WinNT://./Administrator,user"
$adminAccount.SetPassword($newPassword)
$adminAccount.SetInfo()

# Check if the password change was successful
if ($?) {
    Write-Host "Local Administrator password changed successfully."
} else {
    Write-Host "Failed to change Local Administrator password."
}

Hi @manesh1983 thanks for your response and script. I wanted to change the password for the Admin account (not built-in Administrator). So I just changed the script to "admin from Administrator"?

 

[manesh1983]

Hi @manesh1983 thanks for your response and script. I wanted to change the password for the Admin account (not built-in Administrator). So I just changed the script to "admin from Administrator"? View attachment 6009

Hi @Nitin_ted,
Yes, but you should ensure that the user is already created/precent on all local computers.