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Zhang Zhan
Zhang Zhan

Reputation: 905

Cannot logon windows after changing password via net user newuser command

I was trying to change my windows password via command:

net user Adminstrator newpassword

However, I accidentally did this

net user Administrator "newpassword"

There is no special character in the password

Now I am not able to logon my Administrator account via either newpassword or "newpassword"

Please help. Thank you. Best regards,

Upvotes: 0

Views: 750

Answers (2)

Prabu Mohandoss
Prabu Mohandoss

Reputation: 1

It happens when using escape sequence in command prompt

Run the following command in command prompt with administrator privilege

echo EnteredPassword >> C:\ActualPassword.txt

EnteredPassword is the password that you entered in the command prompt

And your actual password will be available in C:\ActualPassword.txt

Upvotes: 0

Zhang Zhan
Zhang Zhan

Reputation: 905

Apparently it is an issue for Windows password change command, that you cannot put double quotes in the password, and if you did, the command will be executed successfully but nobody knows what the password is.

I resolved this issue via resetting admin password to default following the instruction at: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/ResettingAdminPassword_EC2Config.html I was lucky I am having this issue with AWS EC2 instance, otherwise I won't be able to resolve like that.

Upvotes: 0

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