Windows 2000 Shortcut to change password dialog

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Hi everybody,
I want to create a shortcut to open the change password dialog for the
current user. The users can´t use Ctrl-Alt-Del because they only connect via
Terminal Server - and they asked whether they could change their passwords
whenever they want (it works when the password expires, but they want to
control when they change it).
Is there a way to open that dialog via explorer with command line options or
WMI call (maybe via VBS) to open that dialog?

Kind regards,
Rudi
 
"rvaas" <rvaas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi everybody,
> I want to create a shortcut to open the change password dialog for the
> current user. The users can´t use Ctrl-Alt-Del because they only connect
> via
> Terminal Server - and they asked whether they could change their passwords
> whenever they want (it works when the password expires, but they want to
> control when they change it).
> Is there a way to open that dialog via explorer with command line options
> or
> WMI call (maybe via VBS) to open that dialog?
>
> Kind regards,
> Rudi

No need for a shortcut - get the users to press Ctrl+Alt+End while
on the Terminal Server.

If you still insist on using an alternative method to change the password
then you can embed the following command into a batch file:

net user %UserName% NewPassword /domain
 
>
> No need for a shortcut - get the users to press Ctrl+Alt+End while
> on the Terminal Server.
>
> If you still insist on using an alternative method to change the password
> then you can embed the following command into a batch file:
>
> net user %UserName% NewPassword /domain
>
>
Hi Pegasus (MVP),
thank you for your quick response, when I execute your batch command I
receive a - request will be processed by a domain controller - system error 5.
Hitting ctrl-alt-del does not work for them as they are logged into their
local machine with accounts from a different and unknown domain. And they
should be able to change their accounts in our domain, which is used to log
on to Terminal Server.

Kind regards,
Rudi
 
"rvaas" <rvaas@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> No need for a shortcut - get the users to press Ctrl+Alt+End while
>> on the Terminal Server.
>>
>> If you still insist on using an alternative method to change the password
>> then you can embed the following command into a batch file:
>>
>> net user %UserName% NewPassword /domain
>>
>>
> Hi Pegasus (MVP),
> thank you for your quick response, when I execute your batch command I
> receive a - request will be processed by a domain controller - system
> error 5.
> Hitting ctrl-alt-del does not work for them as they are logged into their
> local machine with accounts from a different and unknown domain. And they
> should be able to change their accounts in our domain, which is used to
> log
> on to Terminal Server.
>
> Kind regards,
> Rudi

I did not write "Ctrl+Alt+Del" - I wrote "Ctrl+Alt+End"!
 
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