quote:
shell '%COMSPEC% /C net user Administrator newpassword'
Correct me if I'm wrong - a fairly normal state - but the above would need to be run on the remote machine, which brings up a whole new set of questions.

cusrmgr.exe, which I think is in the Win2k Resource Kit, will do the task remotely: (the qoute tag mangles the formatting, hence the CODE tags)
code:
C:\>cusrmgr
CUsrMgr Ver 1.0 Jan98 by G.Zanzen (c) MCS Central Europe
Sets a random password to a user
usage: -u UserName [-m \\MachineName] \\ default LocalMachine
  Resetting Password Function
       -p Set to a random password
       -P xxx Sets password to xxx
  User Functions
       -r xxx Renames user to xxx
       -d xxx deletes user xxx
  Group Functions
       -rlg xxx yyy Renames local group xxx to yyy
       -rgg xxx yyy Renames global group xxx to yyy
       -alg xxx Add user (-u UserName) to local group xxx
       -agg xxx Add user (-u UserName) to global group xxx
       -dlg xxx deletes user (-u UserName) from local group xxx
       -dgg xxx deletes user (-u UserName) from global group xxx
  SetProperties Functions
       -c xxx sets Comment to xxx
       -f xxx sets Full Name to xxx
       -U xxx sets UserProfile to xxx
       -n xxx sets LogonScript to xxx
       -h xxx sets HomeDir to xxx

       -H x   sets HomeDirDrive to x

       +s xxxx sets property xxxx
       -s xxxx resets property xxxx
       where xxxx can be any of the following properties:
              MustChangePassword
              CanNotChangePassword
              PasswordNeverExpires
              AccountDisabled
              AccountLockout
              RASUser
returns 0 on success
I have used this in the past to rename and reset local admin passwords.
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Jim
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