How to Change Local Administrator Password with Group Policy

We will use Group Policy Preferences to set password on local user accounts.

• Click Start – All programs – Administrative Tools – Group Policy Management.
• Create or Edit Group Policy Objects.
• Expand Computer Configuration – Preferences – Control Panel Settings.
• Right click on Local Users and Groups – New – Local User.

Note: Group policy update will take 90 min (Default)

If you want change this time follow this method:

• Expand Computer Configuration – Administrative Templates –System – Group policy
• Enable Group policy refresh interval for computers and set any time you want (Recommended 5 – 10 min)

Or Run this command on clients gpupdate /force