To change local user password

uN = 'Administrator'

pWD = 'welcome@123' ## password setup is based on policy requirement. the complex policy does not accept the simple password!

import ctypes

import subprocess

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class disable_file_system_redirection:

    _disable = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection

    _revert = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection

    def __enter__(self):

        self.old_value = ctypes.c_long()

        self.success = self._disable(ctypes.byref(self.old_value))

    def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):

        if self.success:

            self._revert(self.old_value)

with disable_file_system_redirection():

    pObj = subprocess.Popen('net user "%s" "%s"'%(uN, pWD), shell=True, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.PIPE)

oC = pObj.communicate()

ret=pObj.returncode

if ret==0:

    print oC[0].strip()

else:

    print oC[1].strip()

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