Hi, if you are satisifed with the VB script you wrote and don;t want any other utilties but are concerned about encryption/encoding then you could encode that script using Microsoft Script Encoder. read more about this in the "Encoding Logon Scripts" secction of the "Enterprise Logon Scripts" how-to, part of the Windows Server 2003 document on Technet.
What the document does not go into (but you could) is signing that script with a signing certificate and then incorporating that certificate and script into your Software Restriction Policies system, a Group Policy Object feature. slawek -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Dec 1, 2005 11:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Changing local admin PW using vb logon script - can it be encrypted? Hi all, Long time lurker, first time poster. We have roughly 500 computers that wed like to change the local admin passwords on. We realize the security risks of having 1 password on all of our computers and are willing to assume that risk. Weve developed a VB script that we can implement as a logon script that works perfectly to change the password. We do not want this script sent along as clear text if we can avoid it. Is there any way we can encrypt this script? Weve looked at options such as using Windows permissions to either deny Domain Users access (preventing anyone from reading the script) or allowing only Domain Computers Read Only access however I think that if you are logged into a local computer you should be able to read the script. Not to mention, if you could capture the packets, you could easily find the script and its contents so permissions would matter at all in that scenario. Any help and/or insight is greatly appreciated. Best, tom --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________ PeoplePC Online A better way to Internet http://www.peoplepc.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
