How to Change a Service Account Password by Using a Batch File (317142)

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This article explains how to change a computer's service account password by using a batch file.

In some cases, you may want to change a service account remotely or for numerous computers. You can use the sc.exe command to create a batch file for this purpose. Sc.exe is a command-line utility that allows you to communicate with the Windows NT Service Controller and services. This utility is available on the Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit CD-ROM.

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Change the Password on a Service Account

The following is an example of how you can use the sc.exe command-line utility in a batch file to change a service account password

net view | find "\" >server.txt

for /F %%i in (server.txt) do sc %%i config service_name password= new_password

where service_name is the name of the service account and new_password is the new password that you want to assign to the service account.

For information about how to obtain the Windows NT Server 4.0 Resource Kit (and the Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Resource Guide), browse to the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/itsolutions/reskits/rktmain.asp