[XP] Password Trick

[moe88]

Hey,
If you are on an administrator account and would like to change the password of another account on the same computer, without knowing the old password, then follow these steps!

Start / Run
Type in CMD and press Ok
This should bring up the Command Prompt
Type within the CMD window, net users



This will list all the users that are able to login to that particular computer.
(I crossed out the ones that are used by the system, and users can not accces)

To change the password type in net users USERNAME *
The asterisk (*) is the flag that is used to call for the "alter password" command.

Type in the password of your choice.
It is not echoed, so do not expect to view what you typed in.



All that is left to do is to Log Off, and test it!

-Moe

[Lyte]

Howdy Moe,

Welcome.

This is a neat trick... particularly if you have someone who's forgotten their password! Now a days, people are using longer and longer passwords... as they should! But, the downside of trying to be more secure is forgetting one's log in information! :p

Lyte

[firestorm]

I thought that if you were the admin(on XP anyways) that you didn't need to know the older password. All you need to do is go through the control panel. Learned somethin with this way though, never hurts to know your way around the command line.

[foxylady]

Excellent trick, thanks
Now I know how to get around this when my brother decides to password protect his account.
thank you so much

[txtesez]

My sister-n-law could not remember her password. She called me to ask if I remember what it was!! (I had setup somethings on her computer, so she thought I would remember!) She tried for weeks. Eventually she has to pay someone to come and fix it! If only I would have known!
Tina