Windows 7 - User Account Password - Change

   Information

This will show you how to change the password for either your user account, or for another user account through the Control Panel in Windows 7 and Vista.

   Note

If you change the password of a user account that is automatically logged on to at Windows 7 startup, then you will also need to change the password there for that user account.

   Warning

If you change the password for another user account (OPTION TWO below), the other user account will lose access to its EFS encrypted files, personal certificates, and stored passwords for websites or network resources.

If the other user account doesn't have any of these, or doesn't mind losing them, then changing the password while logged in as an administrator is a fast and easy way to recover the other user account from a forgotten password.

1. Open the Control Panel (Large icons view), and click on User Accounts.

2. Click on Change your password. (see screenshots below)

3. Type in your current password that you created previously, type in the new password once, twice to confirm new password, an optional password hint, then click on Change password. (see screenshots below)

4. That's it. Close the User Accounts window. (see screenshots below step 2)

1. Open the Control Panel (Large icons view), and click on User Accounts.

2. Click on Manage another account. (see screenshots below)

3. If prompted by UAC, then click on Yes (if logged in as administrator) or type in the administrator's password (if logged in as standard user).

4. Select the user account that you want to change the password of. (see screenshot below)

5. Click on Change the password. (see screenshot below)

6. Type in the new password once, twice to confirm new password, an optional password hint, then click on Change password. (see screenshot below)

7. That's it. Close the Change an Account window. (see screenshot below step 5)