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Use the Command Line to Change a User
Password.
Forgot the password for a local user account and
can't access it? Change it without knowing what the old password
was:
Click Start | Run and type cmd to open a command prompt window.
At the prompt, type net users. This will show a list of the
local user accounts created on the computer.
Pick the account for which you want to change the password. Type
net user *. Put a space between the account name and the
asterisk.
You'll be prompted to type a new password for the user. Type it
in. Then you'll be asked to confirm the password. Type it again.
You should receive a message that the command completed
successfully. Now you can use the new password to log onto the
account.
This works with all editions of XP, but only for local accounts
(not domain accounts). |