How to Change The Computer Password Using Command Prompt?

In the command Prompt, you can reset your Windows 7 password to anything you'd like using the net user command. Note that only administrators can change domain passwords at the Windows command prompt.

To change your computer password using Microsoft Command Prompt, follow these simple steps:

1. Press windows+R to open run, type cmdin the Run text box and then press enter to open the command prompt.

2. Now, type: net user username new_password

Replacing the username with your Windows account name, and the new_password with your desired new password.

e.g.  net user sk  s@123 // Here sk is the username and s@123 is the new password.

Now press Enter, you’ll get a command completed successfully message.

Note: There are spaces between net, user, the username, and the new_password. If your username has a space, use quotes like: net user “sk sdm” s@123k.

3. If you aren't sure exactly what the username is, you can generate a list of all user name by executing the net user command. Just type net userand then press enter.

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