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I am adding some functions to my little swiss knife of this post, and because I find very annoying the fact that windows 11 keep me asking to change/set password of my local users, I want to disable this with a button. I posted below an example, where with the same tecnique I launch 2 functions, the first rename the pc and works well, the second one disable psw expiration for my local user but it's not working. The script has to be launched as non admin user and it will ask/require elevated powershell at runtime. I am going crazy😵 figuring out why the function _Set_PswExp4LocalUser() doesn't work, also with no evident errors. If you try this out of AutoIt, on a non admin powershell prompt: PS C:\Users\utente> start-process -verb runas 'powershell.exe' -argumentlist @('-executionpolicy unrestricted',' -command Set-LocalUser -Name utente -PasswordNeverExpires $true') PS C:\Users\utente> LUSRMGR.MSC PS C:\Users\utente> IT's working ! And with LUSRMGR.MSC you can check the user "utente" has now NO expiration... But it's not working from the code... Someone has ideas?😅 _RenamePC("YourPreferredPcName") _Set_PswExp4LocalUsers() Func _Set_PswExp4LocalUsers() ;V.2.83 ;many many tests.... ; Local $StartProcess = "start-process -verb runas 'powershell.exe' " & _ ; "-argumentlist @('-executionpolicy unrestricted',' -command Get-LocalUser | Set-LocalUser -PasswordNeverExpires " & $Enable & "')" ; -Confirm:$false -PassThru')" ;Local $StartProcess = "start-process -verb runas 'powershell.exe' " & _ ;"-argumentlist @('-executionpolicy unrestricted',' -File " & $Fexp & "')" ; -Confirm:$false -PassThru')" ;Gollog($StartProcess) ; ShellExecuteWait("powershell.exe", $StartProcess, "", "", @SW_SHOW) ;Gollog("start-process -verb runas 'C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe' " & _ ; "-argumentlist @('-executionpolicy unrestricted',' -command Set-LocalUser -Name '" & @UserName & "' -PasswordNeverExpires $true')") ;ShellExecuteWait("C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe", "start-process -verb runas 'C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe' " & _ ;"-argumentlist @('-executionpolicy unrestricted',' -command Get-LocalUser | Set-LocalUser -PasswordNeverExpires " & $Fexp & "')", '', '', @SW_SHOW) ;ShellExecuteWait("powershell.exe", "start-process -verb runas 'powershell.exe' " & _ ; "-argumentlist @('-executionpolicy unrestricted',' -command Set-LocalUser -Name " & @UserName & " -PasswordNeverExpires $true')", '', '', @SW_SHOW) ;last test: ShellExecuteWait("powershell.exe", "start-process -verb runas 'powershell.exe' " & _ "-argumentlist '-executionpolicy unrestricted -command Set-LocalUser -Name " & @UserName & " -PasswordNeverExpires $true'", "", "", @SW_SHOW) EndFunc ;==>_Set_PswExp4LocalUsers ;EXAMPLE Func _RenamePC($Name) ShellExecuteWait("C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe", "start-process -verb runas 'C:\windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe' " & _ "-argumentlist '$compcname = get-wmiobject win32_computersystem; foreach($comp in $compcname){$oreturn = " & _ "$comp.rename(''" & $Name & "'')}" & _ "'", "", "", @SW_SHOW) EndFunc ;==>_RenamePC

Today I want to share this little project made to check and notify the expiration of domain users password, in a Microsoft domain. Briefly, the script check users domain password expiration and takes actions. The script can work on multiple domain groups, taking different actions for every group, there is an .ini file with some options. Groups to be checked are defined in the .ini, and the groups must contain only users no other groups. The list of users of every group is obtained and if the password expiration in (remaining) days is matched (two possibilities) an email is sent. It can be a mail sent directly to the user (ini file : tomail=user) or it can be a mail sent to only one address (ini file : tomail=the@mail.it) (like domain admins...) and in this case the mail contains a report with the users approaching expiration. An operation log is always generated. In the ini (also the posted one) you can set to have no mail sent (for testing) and/or to have a GUI, but also the GUI is intended only for test, this script is scheduled on a server not logged in, so normally no GUI . Update 2018/03/16 : added switch to reset the password expiration, useful if you have for example an user (or 500) with psw expiration withing 3 days and you want to restore expiration within 90 days WITHOUT changing password. Used the way as advised by Microsoft (see the link), but with sth AD.au3 , the fantastic Active Directory UDF # First change the pwdlastset to 0 because Microsoft wants it this way $todouser.pwdLastSet = 0 Set-ADUser -Instance $todouser # Change the pwdlastset to the current date/time of the associate DC $todouser.pwdLastSet = -1 Set-ADUser -Instance $todouser Why you should act this way ? Big companies have strange policies listen to me ... The code: #Region ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI **** #AutoIt3Wrapper_Icon=Icone\Faenza\117.ico #EndRegion ;**** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI **** ; PEG ; Password Expiration Guardian ; (C) NSC 2018 ; check user domain password expiration and takes actions ; the script can work on multiple domain groups, taking differente actions for every group. ; the groups must contains only users no other groups ; the list of users of every group is obtained and if the password expiration in day is matched (two possibilities) an email is sent. ; It can be a mail sent directly to the user (ini file : tomail=user) ; or it can be a mail sent to only one address (ini file : tomail=the@mail.it) ; and in this case the mail contains a report with the users approaching expiration ; V.0.5 check based on one domain group ; V.1.0 ini file and check based on multiple domain groups ; V.1.5 ini file with general section to activate "test" GUI, and to enable disable mail send ; V.1.6 march 2018 italian "home made" translation of days and months in date ; V.1.7 added flag pwdLastSet to reset pass expiration - intended to use like a one time on/off switch to reset psw expiration #include <AD.au3> #include <File.au3> #include <GuiEdit.au3> #include <_zip.au3> #include <Date.au3> #include <Inet.au3> #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <GuiEdit.au3> #include <EditConstants.au3> #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <WindowsConstants.au3> #include <Debug.au3> Global $appname = "PEG", $appver = "V.1.7" Global $inifile = @ScriptDir & "\" & $appname & ".ini" Global $geleft = 5, $getop = 5, $gewidth = 790, $geheight = 540 Global $gollogcount = 0, $lastlog = "sicrlf", $cachelog = "", $guititle = "PEG " & $appver, $Gollogedit, $logfile = @ScriptDir & "\" & $appname & "_LOG_", $months2NOTzip = 3 Global $INIgroup, $INItomail, $INImailsubject, $INIsmpt, $INIfromname, $INIfromaddress, $INIdays1, $INIdays2, $INItosend, $arrayINIsections, $guiactive, $flagITA, $flagpwdLastSet ; START program GOLLOG(">>>>>> " & $appname & " " & $appver & " START >>>>>>") CFGctrl() If $guiactive = 1 Then GUI() $groupnumber = 0 While $groupnumber < $arrayINIsections[0] $groupnumber += 1 If $arrayINIsections[$groupnumber] <> "general" Then CFGload($arrayINIsections[$groupnumber]) loaduserS() EndIf WEnd If $guiactive = 1 Then While 1 $nMsg = GUIGetMsg() Switch $nMsg Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE GOLLOG("<<<< STOP <<<<") Exit EndSwitch WEnd EndIf GOLLOG("<<<<<< PEG STOP <<<<<<<") Exit ;STOP program Func GUI() GUICreate($guititle, 800, 560, 100, 200, -1) GUISetBkColor(0x693F54) ; will change background color $Gollogedit = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", $geleft, $getop, $gewidth, $geheight, BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL, $ES_AUTOHSCROLL, $ES_WANTRETURN, $WS_BORDER, $WS_VSCROLL)) GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0xC7BBC1) GUICtrlSetData(-1, "" & @CRLF) GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 9, 800, 0, "consolas") GUICtrlSetColor(-1, 0x090608) GUISetState(@SW_SHOW) GOLLOG("PEG " & $appver & " gui STARTED") EndFunc ;==>GUI Func loaduserS() GOLLOG("workin on group: " & $INIgroup) Local $Nscad = 0 Dim $report[1] = ["Report:"] Local $singlereport = "" Local $usermail = "" Local $username = "" Local $datediff = "" Local $arrayuserpsw Local $iErr _AD_Open() $search1 = _AD_GetGroupMembers($INIgroup) ;$search1 = _AD_RecursiveGetGroupMembers($INIgroup); testing recursive .. in the future maybe If @error = 0 Then Local $conta1 = 0 While $search1[0] > $conta1 $conta1 += 1 $arrayuserpsw = _AD_GetPasswordInfo($search1[$conta1]) $datediff = _DateDiff("D", _NowCalc(), $arrayuserpsw[9]) GOLLOG("USER: " & $search1[$conta1]) GOLLOG("Password expires on: " & $arrayuserpsw[9] & " in " & $datediff & " days") If $datediff = $INIdays1 Or $datediff = $INIdays2 Then GOLLOG("expiration match !") If $INItomail = "user" Then ; this IF is relative to .ini file parameter TOSEND $usermail = _AD_GetObjectAttribute($search1[$conta1], "mail") GOLLOG("sending mail to: " & $usermail) If $flagITA = 1 Then $dataITA = dataITA($arrayuserpsw[9]) Else $dataITA = _DateTimeFormat($arrayuserpsw[9], 1) EndIf Dim $report[1] = ["La tua password scadra' " & $dataITA & ", entro " & $datediff & " giorni."] _ArrayAdd($report, "Modificala per tempo !") If $INItosend = 0 Then GOLLOG("Not sent mail " & $Nscad & ": ") GOLLOG("from :" & $INIfromname & " | " & $INIfromaddress) GOLLOG("to :" & $usermail & " | subject: " & $INImailsubject) Local $reporttext = _ArrayToString($report) GOLLOG("text :" & $reporttext) Else Local $iResponse = _INetSmtpMail($INIsmpt, $INIfromname, $INIfromaddress, $usermail, $INImailsubject, $report, "EHLO " & @ComputerName, "-1") ; perla pearl mail send HS smtp (ehlo required) $iErr = @error If $iResponse = 1 Then GOLLOG("Success! " & "Mail to user sent") Else GOLLOG("Error! " & "Mail failed with error code " & $iErr) EndIf EndIf Else $username = _AD_GetObjectAttribute($search1[$conta1], "displayname") _ArrayAdd($report, "USER: " & $username) _ArrayAdd($report, "Password expires on: " & $arrayuserpsw[9] & " in " & $datediff & " days") $Nscad += 1 If $flagpwdLastSet = 1 Then ; warning : auto pass set GOLLOG("Re-set password expiration for " & $search1[$conta1]) If _AD_ModifyAttribute($search1[$conta1], "pwdLastSet", "0") Then GOLLOG("pwdLastSet to 0 - OK") Else GOLLOG("pwdLastSet to 0 - ERROR " & @error) EndIf If _AD_ModifyAttribute($search1[$conta1], "pwdLastSet", "-1") Then GOLLOG("pwdLastSet to -1 - OK") Else GOLLOG("pwdLastSet to -1 - ERROR " & @error) EndIf EndIf EndIf EndIf WEnd If $Nscad > 0 And $INItomail <> "user" Then _ArrayAdd($report, $Nscad & " user passwords near expiration") If $INItosend = 0 Then GOLLOG("Not sent mail " & $Nscad & ": ") GOLLOG("from :" & $INIfromname & " | " & $INIfromaddress) GOLLOG("to :" & $INItomail & " | subject: " & $INImailsubject) Local $reporttext = _ArrayToString($report) GOLLOG("text :" & $reporttext) Else Local $iResponse = _INetSmtpMail($INIsmpt, $INIfromname, $INIfromaddress, $INItomail, $INImailsubject, $report, "EHLO " & @ComputerName, "-1") ; perla pearl mail send HS smtp (ehlo required) Local $iErr = @error If $iResponse = 1 Then GOLLOG("Success! " & "Mail sent") Else GOLLOG("Error! " & "Mail failed with error code " & $iErr) EndIf EndIf EndIf GOLLOG("checked n° " & $conta1 & " users") Else GOLLOG("error in user search " & @error) EndIf _AD_Close() EndFunc ;==>loaduserS Func dataITA($inputdate) ; Input date in the format "YYYY/MM/DD[ HH:MM:SS]", and translates Tuesday 8 May 2018 -> Martedì 8 maggio 2018 - perla pearl Local $stringaDATAita = _DateTimeFormat($inputdate, 1) Select Case StringInStr($stringaDATAita, "Monday") $stringaDATAita = StringReplace($stringaDATAita, "Monday", "lunedi'") Case StringInStr($stringaDATAita, "Tuesday") $stringaDATAita = StringReplace($stringaDATAita, "Tuesday", "martedi'") Case StringInStr($stringaDATAita, "Wednesday") $stringaDATAita = StringReplace($stringaDATAita, "Wednesday", "mercoledi'") Case StringInStr($stringaDATAita, "Thursday") $stringaDATAita = StringReplace($stringaDATAita, "Thursday", "giovedi'") Case StringInStr($stringaDATAita, "Friday") $stringaDATAita = StringReplace($stringaDATAita, "Friday", "venerdi'") Case StringInStr($stringaDATAita, "Saturday") $stringaDATAita = StringReplace($stringaDATAita, "Saturday", "sabato") Case StringInStr($stringaDATAita, "Sunday") $stringaDATAita = StringReplace($stringaDATAita, "Sunday", "Domenica") EndSelect Select Case StringInStr($stringaDATAita, "January") $stringaDATAita = StringReplace($stringaDATAita, "January", "gennaio") Case StringInStr($stringaDATAita, "February") $stringaDATAita = StringReplace($stringaDATAita, "February", "febbraio") Case StringInStr($stringaDATAita, "March") $stringaDATAita = StringReplace($stringaDATAita, "March", "marzo") Case StringInStr($stringaDATAita, "April") $stringaDATAita = StringReplace($stringaDATAita, "April", "aprile") Case StringInStr($stringaDATAita, "May") $stringaDATAita = StringReplace($stringaDATAita, "May", "maggio") Case StringInStr($stringaDATAita, "June") $stringaDATAita = StringReplace($stringaDATAita, "June", "giugno") Case StringInStr($stringaDATAita, "July") $stringaDATAita = StringReplace($stringaDATAita, "July", "luglio") Case StringInStr($stringaDATAita, "August") $stringaDATAita = StringReplace($stringaDATAita, "August", "agosto") Case StringInStr($stringaDATAita, "September") $stringaDATAita = StringReplace($stringaDATAita, "September", "settembre") Case StringInStr($stringaDATAita, "October") $stringaDATAita = StringReplace($stringaDATAita, "October", "ottobre") Case StringInStr($stringaDATAita, "November") $stringaDATAita = StringReplace($stringaDATAita, "November", "novembre") Case StringInStr($stringaDATAita, "December") $stringaDATAita = StringReplace($stringaDATAita, "December", "dicembre") EndSelect Return ($stringaDATAita) EndFunc ;==>dataITA Func GOLLOG($logtext) ; Gollog V.2.3 gestione CRLF si o no ; gestione a capo automatico oltre i xx caratteri; gestione pulitura ogni totmila char Perla pearl ; basta aggiungere |nocrlf50 a fine stringa, dove 50 sono gli xx caratteri, conta la prima riga dove si supera quel limite. ; to declare $gollogcount = 0,$lastlog="sicrlf",$cachelog="",$guititle = "nomegui",$Gollogedit,$logfile = @ScriptDir & "\GOLLOG_LOG_", $months2NOTzip = 3 ; e anche le misure dell'edit: $geleft = 32, $getop = 32, $gewidth = 553, $geheight = 377 ; #include <File.au3> #include <GuiEdit.au3> #include <_zip.au3> ; to insert FUNCs: GOLLOG CLEANEDIT GOLzipZIP $gollogcount += StringLen($logtext) ;Local $logfile = @ScriptDir & "\GOLLOG_LOG_" ; now global Local $logfiletimerange = @YEAR & @MON Local $linelimit = StringRight($logtext, 2) If StringRight($logtext, 9) = "|nocrlf" & $linelimit Then $logtext = StringTrimRight($logtext, 9) Local $acapo = "no" Else Local $acapo = "si" $gollogcount += 4 If $gollogcount > 13000 Then Sleep(3000) cleanedit() ; MsgBox(64, "debug", $conta) $gollogcount = 0 EndIf EndIf If $acapo = "no" And (StringLen($cachelog) <= $linelimit) Then ;pearl perla non a capo se If $lastlog = "nocrlf" Then If WinExists($guititle) Then ; per non scrivere in gui se questa non esiste _GUICtrlEdit_AppendText($Gollogedit, $logtext) EndIf Else If WinExists($guititle) Then ; per non scrivere in gui se questa non esiste _GUICtrlEdit_AppendText($Gollogedit, @MDAY & "/" & @MON & "_" & @HOUR & ":" & @MIN & " " & $logtext) EndIf EndIf $cachelog = $cachelog & $logtext $lastlog = "nocrlf" Else If $lastlog = "nocrlf" Then If WinExists($guititle) Then ; per non scrivere in gui se questa non esiste _GUICtrlEdit_AppendText($Gollogedit, $logtext & @CRLF) EndIf $cachelog = $cachelog & $logtext _FileWriteLog($logfile & $logfiletimerange & ".txt", $cachelog) $cachelog = "" Else If WinExists($guititle) Then ; per non scrivere in gui se questa non esiste _GUICtrlEdit_AppendText($Gollogedit, @MDAY & "/" & @MON & "_" & @HOUR & ":" & @MIN & " " & $logtext & @CRLF) EndIf _FileWriteLog($logfile & $logfiletimerange & ".txt", $logtext) EndIf $lastlog = "sicrlf" EndIf EndFunc ;==>GOLLOG Func cleanedit() ; cleaning of edit every n° lines (in program put if $nlines > xlines then this function) GUICtrlDelete($Gollogedit) $Gollogedit = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", $geleft, $getop, $gewidth, $geheight) ;, BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL, $ES_AUTOHSCROLL, $ES_WANTRETURN, $WS_BORDER)) GUICtrlSetData(-1, "" & @CRLF) GUICtrlSetFont(-1, 9, 800, 0, "consolas") GUICtrlSetColor(-1, 0090608) GUICtrlSetBkColor(-1, 0xF0DAE5) GUICtrlSetCursor(-1, 3) EndFunc ;==>cleanedit Func GOLzipLOG($months2NOTzip) ; zipping old log leaving unzipped only n months GOLLOG("Starting old logs zipping..") ; path extraction zone Local $logfiletimerange = @YEAR & @MON Local $sDrive = "", $sDir = "", $sFileName = "", $sExtension = "" Local $arraylogpath = _PathSplit($logfile & $logfiletimerange & ".txt", $sDrive, $sDir, $sFileName, $sExtension) Local $logpath = $arraylogpath[1] & $arraylogpath[2] Local $hSearch = FileFindFirstFile($logfile & "*.txt") ; searching for logs Local $logconta = 0 While 1 ; single file processing cycle Local $sFileName = FileFindNextFile($hSearch) ; If there is no more file matching the search. If @error Then ExitLoop Local $stringtime = StringTrimRight(StringRight($sFileName, 10), 4) ;obtaining year-month like 201609 If $logfiletimerange - $stringtime > $months2NOTzip Then ;zipping If Not FileExists($logfile & ".zip") Then If Not _Zip_Create($logfile & ".zip", 1) Then GOLLOG("Error " & @error & " creating " & $logfile & ".zip") Else GOLLOG("Created new log archive: " & $logfile & ".zip") EndIf Else GOLLOG("adding to archive: " & $logfile & ".zip") EndIf If Not _zip_additem($logfile & ".zip", $logpath & $sFileName) Then GOLLOG("Error " & @error & " zipping: " & $logpath & $sFileName) Else GOLLOG("Added: " & $logpath & $sFileName) $logconta += 1 If Not FileDelete($logpath & $sFileName) Then GOLLOG("ERROR - Unable to DELETE log file " & $logpath & $sFileName) EndIf EndIf EndIf WEnd GOLLOG("Finished = " & $logconta & " log files zipped") EndFunc ;==>GOLzipLOG Func CFGctrl() ; check ini files and load section names GOLLOG("checkin' INI file..|nocrlf50") If FileExists($inifile) Then $guiactive = IniRead($inifile, "general", "GUI", "?") If $guiactive = "?" Then GOLLOG("INI incomplete, missing section 'general', value GUI") ExitwithError() EndIf $flagITA = IniRead($inifile, "general", "dataITA", "?") If $flagITA = "?" Then GOLLOG("INI incomplete, missing section 'general', value dataITA") ExitwithError() EndIf $flagpwdLastSet = IniRead($inifile, "general", "pwdLastSet", "?") If $flagpwdLastSet = "?" Then GOLLOG("INI incomplete, missing section 'general', value pwdLastSet") ExitwithError() EndIf GOLLOG("reading section names...|nocrlf50") $arrayINIsections = IniReadSectionNames($inifile) GOLLOG("N°" & $arrayINIsections[0] - 1 & " groups to process") Else $message1 = "error: no saved settings !?" GOLLOG($message1) ExitwithError() EndIf GOLLOG("..completed") EndFunc ;==>CFGctrl Func CFGload($section) ; load single ini file section values $INIgroup = IniRead($inifile, $section, "group", "?") $INItomail = IniRead($inifile, $section, "tomail", "?") $INItosend = IniRead($inifile, $section, "tosend", "?") $INIdays1 = IniRead($inifile, $section, "days1", "?") $INIdays2 = IniRead($inifile, $section, "days2", "?") $INImailsubject = IniRead($inifile, $section, "mailsubject", "?") $INIsmpt = IniRead($inifile, $section, "smtp", "?") $INIfromname = IniRead($inifile, $section, "fromname", "?") $INIfromaddress = IniRead($inifile, $section, "fromaddress", "?") EndFunc ;==>CFGload Func ExitwithError() GOLLOG("**********ERROR and STOP****************") Exit EndFunc ;==>ExitwithError The example .ini: [group1] group=G_IT_PASSWORD_MONITORED days1=5 days2=2 tomail=yourgroup@yourdomain.it ;tosend=user; send mails to the domain user mail address, otherwise send to specified address tosend=0 ;tosend ;1 send mails, 0 disable mails for testing mailsubject=Domain users going to expire passwords smtp=smtp.your.own.server fromname=Password Expiration Guardian fromaddress=PEG@NSC.it [group2] group=G_IT_PASSWORD_NOTIFIED days1=5 days2=2 tomail=user ;tosend=user; send mails to the domain user mail address, otherwise send to specified address tosend=0 ;tosend ;1 send mails, 0 disable mails for testing mailsubject=Password is expiring ! smtp=smtp.your.own.server fromname=Password Expiration Guardian fromaddress=PEG@NSC.it [general] GUI=1 ;1 gui ON for testing, 0 gui disabled dataITA = 1 ;1 translates datetime in italian, 0 for ENG pwdLastSet = 0 ;1 tries to reset the 'pwdLastSet' attribute (you must have permissions), 0 do nothing