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How to Change a Local Administrator Password with Group Policy

How to Change a Local Administrator Password with Group Policy

 

We will use Group Policy Preferences to set password on local user account

  • Click Start – All programs – Administrative Tools – Group Policy Management.
  • Create or Edit Group Policy Objects.
  • Expand Computer Configuration – Preferences – Control Panel Settings.
  • Right-click Local Users and Groups – New – Local User.

Note: Group policy update will take 90 min (Default)

If you want change this time follow this method:

  • Expand Computer Configuration – Administrative Templates –System – Group policy
  • Enable Group policy refresh interval for computers and set any time you want (Recommended 5 – 10 min)

Or run this command on clients: gpupdate /force

This article was originally posted at http://mabdelhamid.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/how-to-change-local-administrator-password-with-group-policy/

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  • 24 Aug 2012 12:05 PM

    M.Abdelhamid edited Revision 17. Comment: Edit

  • 24 Aug 2012 10:59 AM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 14. Comment: Minor grammar. Added tags.

  • 23 Dec 2011 2:11 PM

    M.Abdelhamid edited Revision 13. Comment: Non English Language

  • 21 Sep 2011 8:04 AM

    Rich Prescott edited Revision 4. Comment: formatting and non-english language

  • 19 Sep 2011 12:57 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Original. Comment: Minor edits, formatting, and tags.

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  • Posted by
    on 19 Sep 2011 12:57 PM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Original. Comment: Minor edits, formatting, and tags.

  • Posted by
    on 21 Sep 2011 8:04 AM

    Rich Prescott edited Revision 4. Comment: formatting and non-english language

  • Posted by
    on 21 Sep 2011 8:05 AM

    By default, GPP has a setting that refreshes the policy every 90 minutes.  To disable this, go to the properties of the password change and check 'Apply once and do not reapply'.

  • Posted by
    on 6 Oct 2011 12:36 PM

    nice one

  • Posted by
    on 6 Oct 2011 12:50 PM

    Thanks Rich for the adding

  • Posted by
    on 6 Oct 2011 12:50 PM

    Thanks Rich for the adding

  • Posted by
    on 6 Oct 2011 12:50 PM

    Thanks Rich for the adding

  • Posted by
    on 6 Oct 2011 12:51 PM

    Thanks Biswajit

  • Posted by
    on 23 Dec 2011 2:11 PM

    M.Abdelhamid edited Revision 13. Comment: Non English Language

  • Posted by
    on 6 Feb 2012 2:20 AM

    Nice Article !

  • Posted by
    on 6 Feb 2012 2:43 AM

    Thanks Santosh

  • Posted by
    on 24 Aug 2012 10:59 AM

    Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 14. Comment: Minor grammar. Added tags.

  • Posted by
    on 24 Aug 2012 11:16 AM

    I wasnt know this, thank you , nice job!

  • Posted by
    on 24 Aug 2012 11:22 AM

    Thaknkz Rich, it is important .

  • Posted by
    on 24 Aug 2012 12:02 PM

    Thanks Norkk

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