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08-19-2005 at 03:17:15 PM

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How can I change a password on a workgroup machine remotely?

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08-21-2005 at 09:39:51 PM

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Bad Beagle wrote:

> How can I change a password on a workgroup machine remotely?
>
Hi,

The command line tool PsPasswd.exe in the free PsTools suite is an
option:

http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PsTools.html

Most likely you will need to use the -u switch to specify user
name for login to remote computer.


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