Microsoft KB Archive/317142

= How to Change a Service Account Password by Using a Batch File =

Article ID: 317142

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition

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This article was previously published under Q317142



SUMMARY
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.



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 &quot;\&quot; >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  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

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