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How to Change Windows

Password Using Command


Line or PowerShell
December 20, 2018 by Dan Kukarsky
(https://blog.techinline.com/author/danila/)

Windows makes it simple for any user to change their


password from the standard settings menu. But what if
they forget it, or even get stuck on the login screen
with their local administrator account disabled?

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assign a new Windows password via Command Line or
PowerShell.

Here’s how you can do that.

Change Windows password for a local user


1. Run Command Prompt as an administrator
(https://blog.techinline.com/2019/08/14/run-
command-prompt-as-administrator-windows-
10/), or start Windows 10 in safe mode with
Command Prompt
(https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/ho
w-to-start-windows-10-in-safe-mode-with-
command-prompt/) at the login screen.
2. Type net user USERNAME NEWPASS where you
need to replace USERNAME and NEWPASS with
the actual username and a new password for this
user.
3. If the actual username consists of more than two
words, place it inside quotation marks.
4. Hit Enter.

For extra security, you may want to use the following


command: net user USERNAME *. Windows will
then prompt you to enter the password twice. This
way nobody around you will be able to see the
password on your screen.

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Change Windows password for a domain


user
1. Run Command Prompt as an administrator, or
start Windows 10 in safe mode with Command
Prompt at the login screen.
2. Type net user /domain USERNAME NEWPASS.
Replace USERNAME and NEWPASS with the
actual username and a new password for this
user.
3. If the actual username consists of more than two
words, place it inside quotation marks.
4. Hit Enter.

Change Windows password for a domain


user with PowerShell
1. Run PowerShell as an administrator
(https://www.thewindowsclub.com/how-to-open-
an-elevated-powershell-prompt-in-windows-10).
2. Use the Set-ADAccountPassword cmdlet to
change the user’s password:
Set-ADAccountPassword -Identity $user
-Reset -NewPassword (ConvertTo-
SecureString -AsPlainText "$newPass"
-Force)
Replace $user and $newPass with the actual
username and a new password.
3. Hit Enter.

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