# changing local admin password issue

**URL:** <https://forums.powershell.org/t/changing-local-admin-password-issue/13638>\
**Category:** PowerShell Help\
**Created:** [January 10, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/changing-local-admin-password-issue/13638 "2020-01-10T11:38:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![kardock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/779978/32.png) [@kardock](https://forums.powershell.org/u/kardock)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 11:38am UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/changing-local-admin-password-issue/13638/1 "2020-01-10T11:38:38Z")

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hi all,

In our network, we have about 9k workstations. As a security measure, we are changing the Local Admin account’s password each 3 months.

The actual script that does this job is an old vbs that I’m trying to get rid of, and re-do the job in PS.

I tried this, but I get no error, and when I try to run as that local admin, I get an access denied, so it is obvious that the password was not changed.

Can someone tell me what I’m doing wrong?

Thanks!

$pass = convertTo-secureString -string ‘This is a test password’ -asPlainText -force

get-localUser -name ‘xxxx’ | set-localUser -password $pass

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**Author:** ![dasgerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@dasgerman](https://forums.powershell.org/u/dasgerman)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/changing-local-admin-password-issue/13638/2 "2020-01-10T12:26:53Z")

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Hi,

Did you run powershell as an administrator?

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**Author:** ![kardock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/779978/32.png) [@kardock](https://forums.powershell.org/u/kardock)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/changing-local-admin-password-issue/13638/3 "2020-01-10T12:35:39Z")

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yes I did, sorry if I forgot to mention it.

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**Author:** ![kardock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/779978/32.png) [@kardock](https://forums.powershell.org/u/kardock)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/changing-local-admin-password-issue/13638/4 "2020-01-10T12:52:16Z")

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ok forget it, it was a tough week and I had a brain fart. it works perfectly.

thanks for trying.

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**Author:** ![dotnVo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@dotnVo](https://forums.powershell.org/u/dotnVo)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/changing-local-admin-password-issue/13638/5 "2024-05-16T20:30:51Z")

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