JSI Tip 9267. ChangePW is a freeware command line tool to set a password, display the current userAccountControl password flags, and enable or disable an account.

Jerold Schulman

April 17, 2005

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When you type changepw /?, you receive:

ChangePW V02.01.00cpp  Joe Richards ([email protected]) November 1999Usage:  changepw.exe [/d:domain] [/s:server] /u:userid [/p:password] [/a:(y|n)] [/f]        /d:domain - domain to manipulate userid on.        /s:server - server to manipulate userid on.        /u:userid - userid to manipulate.        /p:password - password to set userid to.        /a:y        - make account active.        /a:n        - make account inactive.        /f          - display current flags.  Use freely; you are responsible for all results.



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