- Remotely install and de-install Services
- Search and replace Service Accounts by name and password
- Control the order of changes to different services
- Browse Network Neighborhood to locate systems
- Change Services on multiple Domains in the same operation
- Produce standard database reports of Services across the Domain
- Ability to update Logon Cache
- Deferred processing and scheduling - will retry indefinitely on machines that are off-line until change is made
- Generalized account membership and rights editor
- Full automatic dependency analysis so that all dependent services are stopped and started transparently, no matter how complex the dependency relationship. Needed to handling programs like Veritas Backup Exec.
Since writing this tip, I have discovered the following alternatives:
Service Control Manager component of Enterprise Configuration Manager (ECM) which is designed to:
- Stop, start and configure any service
- Stop, start and stop/start any service or services on some or all systems
- Change a start-up user account or password, and
- Change the password for all services for a given service account user,
If all you are interested in is a way to change the local admin password on your server or workstation farm, there are freeware alternatives:
or even a Perl script (which you can modify for your particular needs).