Clear Cached Credentials in Windows
Cached credentials in windows can cause issues, especially when users change passwords and aren't able to access network resources. There are a few ways you can manage this, and even script it into your environment if this is causing you issues.
Credential Manager:
Credential Manager is a Windows control panel item that shows all the cached credentials on your system. to access this go to control panel -> cached credentials and locate the credentials that you wish to remove. This can also be accessed by opening the run command and entering control keymgr.dll
- Windows Credential Manager
The DOS / script method
If dos is more your flavour or you would like to script this then there are 2 commands that you can use. Firstly, if there is a server specifically that you would like to clear the credentials from then you can use the command net use \\ /del where is the name of the serve that you wish to clear the credentials for and you may also need to use an FQDN depending on your network / DNS set up.
- Delete windows credentials in DOS / script
Alternatively you can also use net use * /del to clear all cached credentials.
- Delete Cached Windows Credentials
Please note that these commands are run on the client server not on the server resource.
This post can also be found on our sister site DizzyIT.com at http://dizzyit.com/2014/06/13/clear-cached-credentials-windows/
