OK, I know you used to be able to do this on a domain prior to a patch to 2003. Yet I can't for the life of me seem to find a recommended/supported means of doing this now. At least not in a 2008R2 or ...

I'm looking to improve what we do with local workstation Administrator passwords. LAPS has been out a couple of months now (for normal customers) so I figure a few more of you may be using it. How are ...

In my past couple of blog entries, I wrote about some protection mechanisms for keeping the local administrator account safe on Windows systems. There are many reasons for wanting to keep the admin ...

Microsoft’s Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) enables local admin passwords to be set, reset and validated periodically. Here is how to make the best use of LAPS. Passwords have always been ...

Protect domain-joined computer passwords with Windows’ Local Administrator Password Solution Your email has been sent Windows finally includes a tool to manage ...

After reading my column, "Local Admin Password Problem," a couple of readers contacted me with their own solutions to automating password changes. These solutions are far too good for me to keep to ...

In my Tech Insight article in November, I discussed the issue of managing privileged accounts within an enterprise. One area I didn't really touch on was how to protect the local administrator ...

Chris: Is there a way to change the local admin password using encryption and group policies? I have found ways to use tools like Hyena but not something that I can get to PCs that could possibly be ...

Windows administrators have a problem — passwords. Specifically, administrator passwords that lurk out there, identical across machines, just ready to be compromised. But there is finally a solution ...

Experts are concerned that Microsoft’s new Local Administrator Password Solution only partially addresses the problem of identical passwords on computers in a domain. Microsoft’s release last week of ...