Resets the machine account password for the computer.
Syntax
Reset-ComputerMachinePassword
[-Server <String>]
[-Credential <PSCredential>]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>]Description
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.
Examples
Example 1: Reset the password for the local computer
Reset-ComputerMachinePasswordThis command resets the computer password for the local computer. The command runs with the credentials of the current user.
Example 2: Reset the password for the local computer by using a specified domain controller
Reset-ComputerMachinePassword -Server "DC01" -Credential Domain01\Admin01This 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.
Example 3: Reset the password on a remote computer
$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.
Parameters
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | cf |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Credential
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 |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Server
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 |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | wi |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |