Lost your login Password? Or forgot your windows login Password? Problem in accessing your user account? Don’t worry here is the solution. Most of the times computer users don’t remember their passwords or some times they may lost the book or paper where they registered their passwords.
In this case do the steps:
1. Start the computer and press ‘F8’ function key before booting the operating system.
2. Select ‘Safe Mode’ from the booting options
3. Now it opens your computer in ‘Safe mode’, in this mode all users’ accounts and Administrator account also shown on the computer screen.
4. Click on ‘Administrator’ user account. (Note: most of the time ‘Administrator’ account password will be blank, which is created by windows operating system while installing operating system)
5. Open ‘Control Panel’ -> ‘User Accounts’
6. Click on your user account and click on ‘Remove Password’
7. Now restart your computer and now you can open your user account without any login password. (Note: Create a new password and keep it in secured place)
You can also change a user's password at the command prompt, log on as an administrator and type:
1. Start the computer and press ‘F8’ function key before booting the operating system.
2. Select ‘MS-Dos prompt” from the booting options
3. Type the below command at command prompt
C:/>net user user_name * /domain
When you are prompted to type a password for the user, type the new password, not the existing password. After you type the new password, the system prompts you to retype the password to confirm. The password is now changed.
Alternatively, you can type the following command:
C:/>net user user_name new_password
When you do so, the password changes without prompting you again. This command also enables you to change passwords in a batch file.
Note: Non-administrators receive a "System error 5 has occurred. Access is denied" error message when they attempt to change the password.
In this case do the steps:
1. Start the computer and press ‘F8’ function key before booting the operating system.
2. Select ‘Safe Mode’ from the booting options
3. Now it opens your computer in ‘Safe mode’, in this mode all users’ accounts and Administrator account also shown on the computer screen.
4. Click on ‘Administrator’ user account. (Note: most of the time ‘Administrator’ account password will be blank, which is created by windows operating system while installing operating system)
5. Open ‘Control Panel’ -> ‘User Accounts’
6. Click on your user account and click on ‘Remove Password’
7. Now restart your computer and now you can open your user account without any login password. (Note: Create a new password and keep it in secured place)
You can also change a user's password at the command prompt, log on as an administrator and type:
1. Start the computer and press ‘F8’ function key before booting the operating system.
2. Select ‘MS-Dos prompt” from the booting options
3. Type the below command at command prompt
C:/>net user user_name * /domain
When you are prompted to type a password for the user, type the new password, not the existing password. After you type the new password, the system prompts you to retype the password to confirm. The password is now changed.
Alternatively, you can type the following command:
C:/>net user user_name new_password
When you do so, the password changes without prompting you again. This command also enables you to change passwords in a batch file.
Note: Non-administrators receive a "System error 5 has occurred. Access is denied" error message when they attempt to change the password.
