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Decrypt PowerShell Secure String Password

March 26, 2013 Mar 26, 2013 03/26/13
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to easily decrypt the Windows PowerShell secure string password. (image)  Hey, Scripting Guy! We have an FTP site that I have to use on a regular basis. I need an easy way to get a credential and use that credential with the FTP site so that I can download a file that changes on a ...

How Can I Set a User’s Password and Then Require Them to Change That Password the Next Time They Log on?

December 14, 2006 Dec 14, 2006 12/14/06
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! In our school, how can I enable teachers to change a student’s password to their logon name, then force those students to change their password the next time they log on?-- DS(image) (image) (image) Hey, DS. Boy, did you pick the wrong person to ask. After all, the Scripting Guy who writes this column used to be...