The computer is the integral of every human being. Microsoft Windows is the operating system that most of the systems rely on. You may protect your PC with a strong password so that no one else can have the access to it. But there is an option of changing the windows password without actually knowing the old password or current password when the system is logged in.
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This article on how to change windows password without knowing the old password involves the use of my computer manage setting where all the user to the system displays and windows passwords of these users can be changed. So it’s always important advice to the system administrations or the personal users not to leave the windows logging in and don't allow others to do this hack of changing old password behind asterisk.
How to change Windows password without actually, knowing it.
You can change the password without knowing the existing password. But this trick works only when your PC was logged in.
Step1. Right click on the computer icon and select and click on manage.
If you are windows 10 users right click on This PC desktop app and select and click on Manage.
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Step2. Double click on local users and Groups and click on users. You will get the list of users to the system on the right side.
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Step3: Now Right-click the username you want to change the password. Choose set password and click on it.
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Step4: A click on the set password option, popup a window. Click on the proceed button.
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Step5: A pop windows opens up, enter the new password and confirm password and finally click on OK.
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Finally, the password is changed to the windows user without actually knowing the original password.
This type of changing the password leads to loss of data when opened next time. Always use a general method of change of password like CTRL+ALT+DELETE and click change password.
Be careful to switch off the system when not use, because this can prevent from others doing this hack of changing the password without knowing the current password.
Nice tutorial! When we're locked out of Windows, another way is to changing the password with this backdoor:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.top-password.com/blog/reset-windows-10-password-with-sticky-keys/
This method is well known as sticky keys exploit.