Usage

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Usage

To update a password on multiple machines launch the application and specify the username whose password you would like to update, the current password, and the new password.

 

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Then you need specify which computers to update. Either choose a file that contains one computername per row or enter a wildcard into the "Filter" field:

 

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Specifying a filter

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Getting computers from a text file

To log the password update process to a text log file, specify it here:

 

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To fill the computer list now press the Fill List button and you should see a screen similar to the one shown below:

 

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To peform the update now press the Change Now button. If the update was successful then you will see an OK in the Status column:

 

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If the update is not successful then you will see ERROR in the Status column with the respective error message in the Error Message column:

 

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In the previous example above the password update was not successful because the current password for the user was incorrect.