Lifehacker has a quick, handy tip for setting a new password on a Windows account if you've forgotten the original. Just open the command prompt (Start > Run > cmd) and type
net user Username newpassword. If you don't want to get shoulder-surfed, type
* instead of the new password and it'll give you a prompt that won't display the password you type in. You have to be logged in as an Administrator, of course, but unlike the Control Panel dialogue, you don't have to enter the old password. Easy and instantaneous.
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Subscribe to commentsadamJun 9th 2006 3:14PM
somewhat useless, people who tend to forget their windows password cannot login to admin as they dont know the password.
Murdock TracyJun 9th 2006 3:19PM
Or you can just goto run and type, "control userpasswords2" without the qoutes when you are logged on as an admin and see a list of all users and reset passwords without the old ones or delete users.
BenJun 9th 2006 4:25PM
Yet another loop hole around microsoft's "security."
JinFXJun 12th 2006 2:18AM
cant u do this in manage?