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Al Dunbar
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      03-24-2009

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> I am new to scripting and I am trying to create a script that will
> create a local admin account on 50 machines running windows xp, that are
> all in a domain. I would just like to set a general account name, and
> pull the password for a txt file that is saved on that machine.
>
> What would be the best way to perform this task?


I'd recommend against doing it at all. Given the domain, it would be more
manageable and more secure to add AD groups to the local "administrators"
group on each machine.

/Al

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