{"id":4140,"date":"2017-03-02T10:35:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T08:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/?p=4140"},"modified":"2017-03-02T10:35:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T08:35:04","slug":"changing-windows-administrator-password-easy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/changing-windows-administrator-password-easy\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing the Windows Administrator password – The easy way"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we are going to show you how to change your Windows Administrator password the easy way.
\nThis tutorial works with almost all Windows versions starting from Windows XP\/NT (Windows Server 2003).
\nOn Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 you should make sure that you are using local user accounts – not any online accounts.<\/p>\n

Start the CMD.exe with administrator privileges, e.g. “Windowsbutton +R” and type in CMD.exe<\/p>\n

\"cmd_en\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The CMD.exe application should now pop up soon, the syntax for changing the password is very simple:<\/p>\n

net user <username of the account you want to change the password> <new password><\/pre>\n
Example :<\/p>\n
net user administrator SomesecurePW2016<\/pre>\n
Of course you should never use this as a password, nor should you ever use it only for “testing” purpose.<\/p>\n
Another option would be to use “*”, this will prompt you to enter a password. On a desktop Windows operating system like Windows 10, you could remove the password by just entering an empty value.<\/p>\n
\"pw_en\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today we are going to show you how to change your Windows Administrator password the easy way. This tutorial works with almost all Windows versions starting from Windows XP\/NT (Windows Server 2003). On Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 you should make sure that you are using local user accounts – not any online accounts. 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