Set PW never expire for a list of server - batch-file

Question

I am looking to set "password never expires" for a local Windows user account, for a list of servers in a text file. So far, I found this command line below, but it only works local on single computer. How can I incorporate this into a VBscript, PowerShell, or batch file to apply on a list of servers in a text file?
WMIC USERACCOUNT WHERE "Name='accountname'" SET PasswordExpires=FALSE

Answer 1

This code should do it:
# 1. Define in-line array of servers
$ServerList = #('localhost', 'localhost', 'localhost');
# 2. Define account name
$AccountName = 'test';
# 3. For each server, set the account to expire
foreach ($Server in $ServerList) {
$Account = Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $Server -Class Win32_UserAccount -Filter "Name = '$AccountName'";
$Account.PasswordExpires = $false;
[void] $Account.Put();
}
If you want to import a text file that contains the server names, you can simply change the first line to this:
$ServerList = Get-Content -Path c:\path\to\text\file.txt;
An alternative method would be to use Invoke-Command, however this requires that you first configure PowerShell Remoting in your environment.
# 1. Define in-line array of servers
$ServerList = #('localhost', 'localhost', 'localhost');
# 2. Define the block of code to deploy (a PowerShell ScriptBlock)
$ScriptBlock = {
$AccountName = 'test';
$Account = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_UserAccount -Filter "Name = '$AccountName'";
$Account.PasswordExpires = $false;
[void] $Account.Put();
};
# 3. Deploy the ScriptBlock to the array of servers
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $ServerList -ScriptBlock $ScriptBlock;
To configure PowerShell Remoting, run the Enable-PSRemoting -Force command on each computer. You can also use Active Directory Group Policy to enable PowerShell Remoting / Windows Remote Management (WinRM).

Answer 2

wmic can be run against remote hosts via the /node parameter:
wmic /node:HostA,HostB useraccount where "Name='accountname'" ...