How to Change Another User s Password in Windows
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Your Windows account must be configured as an administrator if you want to change another user's password. If not, you may need to reset your Windows password. Open the Control Panel. On touch interfaces, the easiest method in Windows 11, 10, or 8 is through its link on the Start menu (or Apps screen in Windows 8), but the control command or Power User Menu (Windows 8) is probably faster if you have a keyboard or mouse. On Windows 11/10, select User Accounts. It's called User Accounts and Family Safety in Windows 8. If the View by setting is on Large icons or Small icons, then you won't see this link. Choose User Accounts instead and skip to Step 4. Select User Accounts. Several links down, select Manage another account. Select the user you want to change the password for. If you don't see Password protected listed somewhere under the username, then that user doesn't have a password set up and should be able to log in without entering anything in the password field. Choose Change the password. Don't see a Change the password link? This probably means that the user you want to change the password for logs into Windows with a Microsoft account, not a typical local account. It's even easier to reset a Microsoft account password. On the Change [username]'s password screen, enter a new password in both the first and second text boxes. In the last text box, you're asked to type a password hint. This step is not required. Since you're probably changing this person's password for them because they've forgotten it, it's fine if you want to skip the hint. After the person regains access to their account, have them change the password in Windows to something more private and set up a hint then. Select Change password to save the password change. Sign out, or restart the computer, and have the person you reset the password for try logging in again. Once signed on, be proactive and have the user create a Windows password reset disk or switch to a Microsoft account, either of which will provide an easier way to get a new password in the future. When you change a Windows password from outside the account, the user you're changing the password for will lose all access to EFS-encrypted files, personal certificates, and any stored passwords like those for network resources and website passwords. However, most users don't have EFS-encrypted files and the loss of stored passwords probably isn't a big deal.
How to Change Another User's Password in Windows
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Windows 11, 10 & 8: Go to Control Panel > User Accounts > User Accounts > Manage another account > [user].Select Change the password. Choose a new password and follow the on-screen steps.Restart the computer and log in with the new password. There are plenty of ways to find lost Windows passwords, but an easy method, assuming there's more than one user on the computer, is to change the password from within another account.How to Change Another User' s Password in Windows 11 10 or 8
Follow these steps to change another user's password in Windows 11, 10, or 8.Your Windows account must be configured as an administrator if you want to change another user's password. If not, you may need to reset your Windows password. Open the Control Panel. On touch interfaces, the easiest method in Windows 11, 10, or 8 is through its link on the Start menu (or Apps screen in Windows 8), but the control command or Power User Menu (Windows 8) is probably faster if you have a keyboard or mouse. On Windows 11/10, select User Accounts. It's called User Accounts and Family Safety in Windows 8. If the View by setting is on Large icons or Small icons, then you won't see this link. Choose User Accounts instead and skip to Step 4. Select User Accounts. Several links down, select Manage another account. Select the user you want to change the password for. If you don't see Password protected listed somewhere under the username, then that user doesn't have a password set up and should be able to log in without entering anything in the password field. Choose Change the password. Don't see a Change the password link? This probably means that the user you want to change the password for logs into Windows with a Microsoft account, not a typical local account. It's even easier to reset a Microsoft account password. On the Change [username]'s password screen, enter a new password in both the first and second text boxes. In the last text box, you're asked to type a password hint. This step is not required. Since you're probably changing this person's password for them because they've forgotten it, it's fine if you want to skip the hint. After the person regains access to their account, have them change the password in Windows to something more private and set up a hint then. Select Change password to save the password change. Sign out, or restart the computer, and have the person you reset the password for try logging in again. Once signed on, be proactive and have the user create a Windows password reset disk or switch to a Microsoft account, either of which will provide an easier way to get a new password in the future. When you change a Windows password from outside the account, the user you're changing the password for will lose all access to EFS-encrypted files, personal certificates, and any stored passwords like those for network resources and website passwords. However, most users don't have EFS-encrypted files and the loss of stored passwords probably isn't a big deal.