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Free Active Directory Tools 4.0

ADManager Plus presents a comprehensive set of Free Windows Active Directory Tools. These tools have been developed to simplify some of the routine activities carried out on the Active Directory data and they come to you absolutely free. The list of tools available for ready download includes:

Windows PowerShell Manage-Local Users Tool

The Manage-LocalUsers utility is an implementation of Microsoft PowerShell. This is a free tool from ManageEngine ADManager Plus, which lists out all the local users in a specified computer and allows to reset the password of local users of that computer. This freeware is basically a PowerShell cmdlet which helps administrators to effectively control the local user accounts of their domain users.

Using the tool:

  1. Click the "Manage-LocalUsers Tool" from the Launcher to start the tool.
  2. Specify the Computer name in the corresponding text field. Local Users specific to that computer will get listed.
  3. Select User whose password needs to be reset and click on the Reset Password button.
  4. Enter the new password in the Reset Password Dialog and click OK. The password for the selected user will be reset provided it meets the password policy and complexity.

Note: You can also use the CSV button and simplify the process by importing a csv file containing the computerName, userName and password parameter values.

Microsoft Windows PowerShell cmdlets- Free Tool

 

About Microsoft Windows PowerShell

Windows Powershell is a recent inclusion in the Microsoft family and has been been in limelight for quite a while now. A glazed version of its predecessors namely - "Monad" Shell, Microsoft Command Shell, or MSH; Microsoft Windows PowerShell is a powerful command line shell and scripting language with over a 130 standard command line tools, with consistent syntax and naming conventions. PowerShell integrates with the .NET framework and hosts a list of cmdlets (derivative of the cmdlet class of .NET API) which are specialized .NET classes implementing specific functions. Windows Powershell is gaining prominence as an efficient tool that helps control system administration with ease and facilitates automation, inturn improving the productivity of System Administrators.

Windows PowerShell is supported on the following Operating Systems:

  • Windows XP Service Pack 2
  • Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
  • Windows Server 2003 R2
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows Server 2008

PowerShell compatible architectures:

  • x86
  • x64
  • IA64


 

 

 

 
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