Reset-ComputerMachinePassword
Resets the machine account password for the computer.
Reset-ComputerMachinePassword
[-Server <String>]
[-Credential <PSCredential>]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]
The Reset-ComputerMachinePassword
cmdlet changes the computer account password that the computers
use to authenticate to the domain controllers in the domain. You can use it to reset the password of
the local computer.
Reset-ComputerMachinePassword
This command resets the computer password for the local computer. The command runs with the credentials of the current user.
Reset-ComputerMachinePassword -Server "DC01" -Credential Domain01\Admin01
This command resets the computer password of the local computer by using the DC01 domain controller. It uses the Credential parameter to specify a user account that has permission to reset a computer password in the domain.
$cred = Get-Credential
Invoke-Command -ComputerName "Server01" -ScriptBlock {Reset-ComputerMachinePassword -Credential $using:cred}
This command uses the Invoke-Command cmdlet to run a Reset-ComputerMachinePassword
command on the
Server01 remote computer.
For more information about remote commands in Windows PowerShell, see about_Remote
and Invoke-Command
.
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Aliases: | cf |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | False |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Specifies a user account that has permission to perform this action. The default is the current user.
Type a user name, such as User01 or Domain01\User01, or enter a PSCredential object, such as one
generated by the Get-Credential
cmdlet. If you type a user name, this cmdlet prompts you for a
password.
This parameter was introduced in Windows PowerShell 3.0.
Type: | PSCredential |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Specifies the name of a domain controller to use when this cmdlet sets the computer account password.
This parameter is optional. If you omit this parameter, a domain controller is chosen to service the command.
Type: | String |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | None |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
Type: | SwitchParameter |
Aliases: | wi |
Position: | Named |
Default value: | False |
Required: | False |
Accept pipeline input: | False |
Accept wildcard characters: | False |
None
You cannot pipe input to this cmdlet.
None
This cmdlet does not generate any output.
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