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changing password in XP

  • 09-12-2008 4:19pm
    #1
    _blank_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi Windows folk :)

    My laptop is XP and the number one key is gone wonky.

    the password for the main user, ie me, has the digit one in it.

    how do I change the password for my account, so I don't have to keep using the fn+f eleven+j combo every time I sign in?

    I'm the admin account on the laptop, and my flatmate also has a sign in on it.

    cheers.


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  • #2
    brian_rbk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 303 ✭✭brian_rbk


    Right click my computer, goto manage.
    Expand Local users and groups
    Click on users
    Select your username and right click and choose set password


  • #3
    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,363 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    Control Panel - Users - Click the Admin account - Change Password


  • #4
    _blank_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    brian_rbk wrote: »
    Right click my computer, goto manage.
    Expand Local users and groups
    Click on users
    Select your username and right click and choose set password

    Hi Brian

    I'm sure I know you :)


  • #5
    brian_rbk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 303 ✭✭brian_rbk


    yep, i think you do :)

    come to think of it .. i thought someone who studied computer science would be able to change a password in xp!!


  • #6
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    brian_rbk wrote: »
    yep, i think you do :)

    come to think of it .. i thought someone who studied computer science would be able to change a password in xp!!
    Ooo Burn.


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  • #7
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,583 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    if you have admin rights then at a command prompt

    net user "username" Password


  • #8
    Donald-Duck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭Donald-Duck


    brian_rbk wrote: »
    yep, i think you do :)

    come to think of it .. i thought someone who studied computer science would be able to change a password in xp!!

    If you did computer science you should surely know that bad some of the students are with computers. Some would struggle to plug a monitor in


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