Re: Set the Administrator's Password via the Management Console

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 05/16/04 

Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 10:36:12 -0700

Carey Frisch [MVP] wrote:

> Right-click on MY COMPUTER and select MANAGE.
> Expand "Local Users and Groups, click on "Users", then
> right-click on Administrator and select "Set Password".
>
> Also see:
>
> How can I change my user-account password from a Command Prompt?
> http://www.petri.co.il/change_user_password_from_the_command_prompt.htm
>

Drat. Your unique quoting cause my newsreader to assume that the quoted
material is part of your signature (using Thunderbird at the moment). So
I can't easily include the OP quote. (FYI)

The OP said this was XP Home, so that approach won't work as the OP most
likely already knows from experience. I know no way around this.
lusrmgr.msc is missing from XP Home Edition, likely because you have
problems if you set account types to anything other than Administrator
or User (limited).

You use the User Accounts control panel or perhaps "net user" command
will work. (net user <username> <password>) or you can run "control
userpasswords2" to use the old win2K user accounts control panel, but
beware of changing user account types. 

-- 
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows Security

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