How to change administrator password windows 7

You may be unable to log on to Windows Vista or Windows 7 in the following scenarios:

• Scenario 1: You recently set a new password for the protected administrator account. However, you do not remember the password.
• Scenario 2: You type the correct logon password. However, Windows Vista or Windows 7 does not accept the password because the system is corrupted.
• Scenario 3: You delete a protected administrator account. Now, you cannot log on to another administrator account.
• Scenario 4: You change a protected administrator account to a standard user account. Now, you cannot log on to another administrator account.

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How to change any administrator password in Windows 7

Today we will learn how to change an administrator password in Windows 7 without using any software, CDs, or any tools. This is a perfectly manual method to reset any windows administrator password in Windows 7 in less than a minute. Sometimes users forget their windows password when they have recently reset it, so they don’t have any option to login into system, which can sometimes result in data loss. Note: This method also works on Windows 8 and Windows 10.

Disclaimer : This is for educational purposes only. Breaking passwords of machines you don’t own is illegal.

How to change any administrator password in Windows 7:

STEP 1: First, restart your computer.

STEP 2: Once you get the below screen, hold the power button on the computer until it turns off (no damage will be done, trust me).

STEP 3: You will get a screen as shown in the screenshot below if done correctly. If you get something like “Windows did not shut down correctly,” try again.

Otherwise, select “Launch Startup Repair.”

STEP 4: Now select “Cancel” on below screen:

STEP 5: Now click on “Show problem details.” Click the link that appears on the bottom. Your notepad should pop up.

STEP 6: Go to File/Open, and double-click your “Local Disk” ( Default will be probably C:/).

STEP 7: Go to Windows/System32. Now do EXACTLY as I say, or you MIGHT break the computer.

Under “Files of type,” select “All files.” Scroll down and find “cmd,” then make a copy of it in the same folder (Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V).

You should get a file named “cmd – Copy” or somethingsimilar.

STEP 8: Find “sethc” in the same folder. This file executes sticky keys. Rename it to “sethc 1.”

STEP 9: Rename your “cmd – Copy” to “sethc.” Close notepad, and hit “Finish” now restart your computer manually.

STEP 10: Once you get back to the login screen, press “Shift” 5 times to open up the command prompt.

STEP 11: Next, we need to which user is the local administrator for this PC. To do this, type “net localgroup Administrators” and look for any administrator that does NOT have your school/work domain in front of it, followed by a “/.”

As you can see, one of the admins is named “qwaszx.”

STEP 12: Now, we need to change that account’s password.

It will be blank while you type the password but your keystrokes will be recorded!

Workspaces also like to disable the admin account you just changed the password for, so you might not be able to log in. If you get that message, complete the step shown below:

STEP 13: If the admin account is disabled, type “net user /active:yes” You will now be able to log in.

STEP 14: That’s it! You now have full admin rights to the PC.

WARNING: I will not be held responsible if you do this at school/work!

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Change user password in Windows command line

We can change a user password from Windows command line using net user command. The command is explained below with examples.

How to change local user password

For example, if you want to reset the password for the user John on the local computer, you can run the below command. Let’s say the new password is pq12d*[email protected]

You may not want to provide the new password in the command prompt for obvious security reasons. Net use command allows to reset the password so that none around your desk can see it. You need to provide * in the place of password while executing net use command. You will be prompted to type the password and the password you enter won’t be printed on the screen. But you need to feed the password twice to make sure that you have entered the password you intended to.

How to change domain user account password

If you want to change password for a domain account, you can do it by running the below command.

Next, you will be prompted twice to enter the password and on successful completion your domain account password will be reset. You can also provide the password in the command itself as explained above.

In case the domain is not reachable then you will get the below error when you try to run the above command.

hi on my VISTA computer i get this
“System error 1355 has occurred.
The specified domain either does not exist or could not be contacted.”

Make sure that your system can contact the domain controller(DC) machine. see if ‘ping ip-of-DC’ works..
ex: ping 10.20.30.40

Any command to show the password of a user?

Nope. Only reset or add password is available via command prompt on windows. Another trick is to reset the password in seconds (such as PassMoz LabWin) and add a new password to the computer so you can know what is the password is.

when i enter in my case:
net user Stingray*; to make sure my password isn’t printed on the screen it says “The syntax of the command is: and then it gives me a whole bunch of different options. it doesn’t let me put in a password

you should have whitespace between user name and *. The command should be
net user stingray *

“The user name could not be found.
More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2221.”
Is this happened because my username contains spaces (example : John’s Family) ?
What to do ?
Thanks

i have a problem after retyping the new password. It says

System error 5 has occurred.
Access is denied.

Looks like you don’t have admin privileges on the system to change password of another user.

right click command prompt and run as administrator.
or
select command prompt Ctl+Shift+Enter
the execute the command.

In this case you have to open the cmd as run administrator and try it again it will happen,

C:\>net user Peter Norton Jr *
The syntax of this command is:

NET USER
[username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]
C:\>NET USER ASPNET newpassword:*
System error 5 has occurred.

C:\>NET USER ASPNET newpassword *
The syntax of this command is:

NET USER
[username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]
this is what i m getting when trying to change password ?
help please

please run cmd as administrator.
And you can reset password.
Thanks

How can you change the password in command line and also prompt the user to change it at his next login?
I know for sure this option exists in GUI mode “User must change password at next logon”.

Following;
Any updates on this query im curious as well tia!

This cmd command worked like a charm!
Thanks

I’ve tried many times but never get changed successfully comment.

Net user TST Main VLRIPCITY

This comment goes to those who are having issues with changing passwords for user accounts that have spaces in between (James Clark, for example). The white space in between breaks down the user name into two and affects the syntax structure i.e. net user username password.therefore the line: net user James Clark 12234, is the same as: user James, password: Clark 12234. in which the user James does not exist on the computer. try an underscore between the usernames e.g. net user James_Clark 12234.

i want to know how to login using cmd with password(i have password) without changing it.

I receive an error that says the system is not authoritative for the specified account and therefore cannot complete the operation please retry the operation using the provider associated with this account. if this is an online provider please use their providers online site. This is a local account on a Windows 10 computer so I’m a bit confused.

the command net user user_name* need to verify for password complexity and this wont work if use script such as php as we need to reenter the password ,instead using net user user_name new_password will change the password without prompt

I am not a Domain Admin.
How can i change my domain user password.

Hi ALL
I have a PC on the domain…but off the network…user cannot login and i recive password reset cause cant login into VPN
Is it possible to reset domain password via cmd
or even reset the local password via cmd.
referring to cmd on automatic repair / advanced troubleshooting screen

I really need to know how to do that when running INVOKE command, error 5 previleges still.

NET USER
[username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]
username [/TIMES:]

next what i want to do dns server not authoritative for zone please guide me what i can do for the password reset.

NET USER
[username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]
username [/TIMES:]

I keep getting this message I’m trying to change my password

NET USER
[username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]
username [/TIMES:]

I keep getting this message I’m trying to change my password

i have a problem please help me .
when i want to change my password my keyboard does’n work

NET USER
[username [password | *] [options]] [/DOMAIN]
username /ADD [options] [/DOMAIN]
username [/DELETE] [/DOMAIN]
username [/TIMES:]
I’m getting the same thing. You haven’t replied to these answers, do you not know?

I am able to change password/unlock using Active Directory utility but not able change password from command line

Have you tried with /domain, since this seems to be for a active directory account and not local one.

How can i do if my username include a point : for example Q.S ?

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