{"id":118,"date":"2011-05-17T03:50:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T03:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itcrumbs.com\/?p=118"},"modified":"2019-02-07T04:40:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T04:40:24","slug":"how-to-change-the-user-account-password-if-unable-to-login-to-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.itcrumbs.com\/?p=118","title":{"rendered":"How to Change the User Account Password if Unable to Login to Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Update for Windows 10:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"crayon-e\">Use utilman.exe for cmd.exe<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Create new user:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"crayon-e\">net <\/span><span class=\"crayon-v\">user<\/span> <span class=\"crayon-o\">&lt;<\/span><span class=\"crayon-v\">username<\/span><span class=\"crayon-o\">&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"crayon-o\">\/<\/span><span class=\"crayon-e\">add<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"crayon-e\">net <\/span><span class=\"crayon-e\">localgroup <\/span><span class=\"crayon-v\">administrators<\/span> <span class=\"crayon-o\">&lt;<\/span><span class=\"crayon-v\">username<\/span><span class=\"crayon-o\">&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"crayon-o\">\/<\/span><span class=\"crayon-v\">add<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Login as new user and then reset original user password:<\/p>\n<p>net user &lt;username&gt; *<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Here&#8217;s how:<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>1.<\/b> Boot to WinRE (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sevenforums.com\/tutorials\/668-system-recovery-options.html\"><b><u>Windows Recovery Environment<\/u><\/b><\/a>).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Name:  1.png\nViews: 8346\nSize:  70.0 KB\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sevenforums.com\/attachments\/tutorials\/48760d1263973558-user-account-password-change-winre-1.png\" alt=\"Name:  1.png\nViews: 8346\nSize:  70.0 KB\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Click on the <b>Command Prompt<\/b> option.<br \/>\n<b>3.<\/b> Type the following commands and press enter after each one:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>C:<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>CD Windows\\system32<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>ren cmd.exe cmd.old<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>ren magnify.exe cmd.exe<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>ren cmd.old magnify.exe<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>4.<\/b> Restart computer.<br \/>\n<b>5.<\/b> Click on Easy of Access centre left side bottom \u00e0 Choose Magnify option.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Name:  2.png\nViews: 8269\nSize:  39.4 KB\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sevenforums.com\/attachments\/tutorials\/48761d1263973558-user-account-password-change-winre-2.png\" alt=\"Name:  2.png\nViews: 8269\nSize:  39.4 KB\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Name:  3.png\nViews: 8337\nSize:  40.4 KB\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sevenforums.com\/attachments\/tutorials\/48762d1263973558-user-account-password-change-winre-3.png\" alt=\"Name:  3.png\nViews: 8337\nSize:  40.4 KB\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>6.<\/b> A Command prompt opens up<br \/>\n<b>7.<\/b> Type: <b>net user administrator \/active:yes<\/b> and press enter.<br \/>\n<b>8.<\/b> Restart the computer.<br \/>\n<b>9.<\/b> Logon on administrator account and then using <b>User Accounts<\/b> page in the Control Panel, remove password for the other account.<br \/>\n<b>10.<\/b> Type <b>Magnify.exe<\/b> in Start Menu search box and press enter and open it.<br \/>\n<b>11.<\/b> Command prompt opens up<br \/>\n<b>12.<\/b> Type: <b>net user administrator \/active:no<\/b> and press enter.<br \/>\n<b>13.<\/b> Restart the computer<br \/>\n<b>NOTE:<\/b> <i>This will disable the administrator account<\/i>.<br \/>\n<b>14.<\/b> Now, Boot to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sevenforums.com\/tutorials\/668-system-recovery-options.html\"><u><b>winRE<\/b><\/u><\/a> again, and click on the <b>Command Prompt<\/b> option.<br \/>\n<b>15.<\/b> Type the following commands and press enter after each one:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>C:<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>CD Windows\\system32<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>ren magnify.exe cmd.old<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>ren cmd.exe magnify.exe<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>ren cmd.old cmd.exe<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>exit<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>16.<\/b> Restart the computer \u2013 system logs on to the User account without asking for password provided there is only one user account.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update for Windows 10: Use utilman.exe for cmd.exe Create new user: net user &lt;username&gt; \/add net localgroup administrators &lt;username&gt; \/add Login as new user and then reset original user password: net user &lt;username&gt; * &nbsp; Here&#8217;s how: 1. Boot to WinRE (Windows Recovery Environment). 2. Click on the Command Prompt option. 3. 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