This article applies to workstations managed by an Enterprise Server. If you are using a standalone system please see this article: KB279 - How do I change my 'admin' users password? (standalone)
How to change a workstations Admin password
If you wish to update the FDE password of the admin user account on a machine please follow the steps below. Please note this change needs to be done on a workstation by workstation basis and cannot be performed in bulk.
- Login to the Enterprise Server.
- Select the Workstations branch of the tree.
- Select the Workstation in the list of workstations.
- Click the Details button.
- Select the FDE Logins tab.
- Select the Admin FDE user account you wish to modify the password of.
- Click the Change button.
- Enter the new password details.
- Click the Post Change button.
- The login Status will change to Change pending.
- The new password will take affect automatically over time when the client machine checks with the DESlock+ cloud on the Internet.
- In order to speed up the process you can force a check using the steps detailed here: KB195 - 'How do I manually synchronise the Enterprise Server and DESlock+ client?
- The status of the login will return to OK once it has reached the machine and been applied.
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