Your online accounts, computer files, and personal information are more secure when you use strong passwords to help protect them.
Test the strength of your passwords: here
Windows 7, 8, and 10 Auto & Script
Make a new .Reg file with the code below and merge it to your registry to enable auto login on Windows 7, 8, 10, & 11.
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
“DefaultUserName”=”username”
“DefaultPassword”=”password”
“DefaultDomainName”=”domain”
“AutoAdminLogon”=”1”
“ForceAutoLogon”=”1”
Update the username, password, and domain fields for your needs. To bypass auto login once installed hold down the shift key while the PC is booting.
Accessing Roku’s Advanced Settings Screen
To access the Roku’s advanced setting screen, follow this procedure:
Press the following rapidly:
- Home 5 times
- Rewind 3 times
- Fast Forward 2 times
This screen can be very helpful for debugging connection problems with your Roku. The Roku uses a LAN side ping to test network connectivity and most Comcast modem/router combos have LAN side ping disabled by default. You can disable the LAN side ping on the Roku, solving most connection problems with Comcast equipment.
Remotely change local admin passwords.
Systems administrators that manage local administrative accounts on multiple computers regularly need to change the account password as part of standard security practices. PsPasswd is a tool that lets you change an account password on the local or remote systems, enabling administrators to create batch files that run PsPasswd against the computers they manage in order to perform a mass change of the administrator password.
Step #1
Download the pspasswd tool from Microsoft.
Go to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals
Step #2
Copy the pspasswd.exe to the:
c:\windows\system32\
directory on your PC or server.
Step #3
Create a file called “Machinelist.txt” with PC names you wish to change the local admin passwords on; one PC per line.
Step #4
Create a batch file with code similar to this: pspasswd.exe @machinelist.txt -u domain\administrator -p domainpassword administrator newpassword
echo “Complete”
pause
Step #5
Edit the batch file with the correct credentials and the new password information.
Step #6
Make sure the machines are online and then run the script. You need to use an account with domain administrator rights for the –u and –p parameters in order for this to run correctly.
Conclusion:
This is a very Quick, Simple, Effective method to manage local administrator passwords remotely. PsPasswd uses the Windows password reset APIs, so it does not send passwords over the network in the clear.