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Home » Technical » Computing » Change password on Windows using cmd
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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

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