Posted On July 2, 2020

PowerShell: Setting or Resetting User Password

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$username='dragoncoin'
$newPassword='SomeComplexPasswordHere'

function resetPassword($username,$password){
    if($env:userdnsdomain){
        try{
            Unlock-ADAccount -Identity $username
            Set-ADAccountPassword -Identity $username -Reset -NewPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText "$password" -Force) -ea Stop
            }
        catch{
            write-warning "$($error[0])"
            try{
                net user /domain $username /active=yes
                net user /domain $username $password
                }
            catch{
                write-warning "$($error[0])"
                }
            }
        }
    else{
        net user $username /active=yes
        net user $username $password
        }
}

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