Skip to content
Back home
The home of William Rendell
  • Home
  • Family
    • Holidays
    • Pets
    • Vehicles
  • Health and Fitness
  • Technical
    • Mikrotik
    • Computing
    • Renewable Energy
  • Privacy Policy
    • Cookie policy (UK)
  • Music
    • Harmonica
      • Easy
      • Intermediate
  • Contact
  • Search
Back home
  • Search
  • Home
  • Family
    • Holidays
    • Pets
    • Vehicles
  • Health and Fitness
  • Technical
    • Mikrotik
    • Computing
    • Renewable Energy
  • Privacy Policy
    • Cookie policy (UK)
  • Music
    • Harmonica
      • Easy
      • Intermediate
  • Contact
Home » Technical » Computing » Change password on Windows using cmd
Computing Technical

Change password on Windows using cmd

by William Rendell|Published June 26, 2020

In a cmd prompt run the below command

net user username newpassword

if the username contains a space do the below

net user “user name” new password

If you want to remove the password try the below

net user username “”

  • password
  • Windows

You may also like

Published September 22, 2010

Postfix Email Queue

To check how many emails have been queuing in Postfix (an email server for Linux) and for what period of time you can […]

Mount a Windows share from Centos using the CLI
Published February 17, 2010

Mount a Windows share from Centos using the CLI

OK, we live in the wonderful world of Linux. BUT, for many of us, having to deal with Windows is a fact […]

Published December 10, 2010

Unread mail folder in Outlook

If you ever loose the “Unread Mail” folder in Outlook a quick way of getting it back is to press “CTRL + […]

ospp.vbs
Published March 13, 2013

ospp.vbs

Very handy for Office 2013 installs http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee624350.aspx

Post navigation

  • Previous post SSH from one Mikrotik to another
  • Back to post list
  • Next post WiFi disconnects when an ethernet cable is connected.

© 2025  – All rights reserved

Powered by WP – Designed with the Customizr Theme