Powershell – Prevent a local user from changing the password

Would you like to learn how to prevent a local user from changing the password using Powershell? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to remove the password change permission of a local account on a computer running Windows.

• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 10

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Tutorial Powershell – Prevent a local user from changing the password

As an Administrator, start an elevated Powershell command-line.

List the local user accounts.

Here is the command output:

Change the password of a local user account.

Prevent the user from changing the password.

Optionally, set the password to never expire.

Verify the account properties.

Here is the command output:

In our example, we prevented a local account named GOHAN to change the password.

Prevent a user from changing the password using WinRM and Powershell.

Enter a credential with administrative permissions.

Verify if the account was renamed.

Prevent the local account from changing the password on a remote computer using a stored credential.

There are multiple ways to use Powershell, WinRM, and a stored credential.

Congratulations! You are able to prevent a local account from changing the password using Powershell.