Changing Passwords en masse on Windows NT Domain

[AMCSE]

Every six weeks we have to delete and recreate 765 student accounts. It would work out much better if we could simply change the passwords on those accounts without having to re-create them each time. Anybody have any idea of a painless way to do that.

 

[yizhar]

HI.

The following command can help you:

NET USER /?
or
NET HELP USER

You can write a custom CMD file that will run at the server and will reset all passwords.
It is suggested to first try this on only few accounts of course.

Bye
Yizhar Hurwitz

http://come.to/yizhar

http://teachers.sivan.co.il/yizhar

 

[Stiddy]

So, every six months you have to del and recreate 765 student accounts. Do you create the same 765 accounts(same name)? As you mentioned previously, changing the passwords would work. Give more details?

 

[AMCSE]

Yes, we keep the same name, same permissions, same group memberships. Just the passwords change and of course the individual who is assigned the account. However, no personal information about the individual is placed in the account.

Thanks All for your replies.