Question RE Scanning for Password Changes Over Network

SamR · #1 17th Mar 2009, 13:58

I am the IT manager of a casino, and Federal regulations require my department to produce reports that log password changes for all the workstations on our network. The network is a Windows peer-to-peer.

Does anyone know any software that can scan remote workstations for password changes and then generate a report? I tried GFI Events Manager, but it seems to work erratically. It may connect fine one day, but the next it may report that it cannot find a workstation or that there is a bad user name or password, even though nothing has changed.

**serverguy** · #2 17th Mar 2009, 15:09

Do you run a domain based setup then?

Surely it would just be easier to force users to change passwords every month or so when they log on?

SamR · #3 18th Mar 2009, 06:21

A small portion of our network is on a domain, but for the most part, each workstation uses the standard Windows "workgroup".

**serverguy** · #4 18th Mar 2009, 10:49

May I suggest getting all the computers on a domain?

Trust me, it'll reduce your workload 100 fold.

SamR · #5 19th Mar 2009, 13:27

I think that is the route I'll eventually have to go. Thanks for the advice.

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