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Network password change win win9x

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by rippy

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Is it possible (if so, how?) to change the network password for a user using their computer running win9x? I have an NT server.
I noticed in control panel and passwords, the "Change other passwords" is disabled. This is the only place I could determine where to change it.

Thanks in advance.

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by tunaville

Make sure your user has rights to change their network passwords in their profiles on the NT server, Admin tools>Manage Domain ...

You may want to try a command prompt command:

net password

Below are some examples:
net password \\servername username oldpassword newpassword
where servername is the name of the PDC.

NOTE: Normally, the following example is the correct syntax for this command:
net password /domain:domainname username oldpassword newpassword
However, this command syntax only queries for the domainname[1D] entry.

Hope it helped or leads you in the right direction. Crw

by rippy

thanks for the prompt reply, it was what I was after. Is there an option in windows for this aswell? some of the employees haven't been exposed to DOS (lucky them). Or am I faced with creating a Visual Basic front end?

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