Would you like to learn how to change a local user password using the command line? In this tutorial, we will show you how to use the command line to set the password of a local user account on a computer running Windows.
• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 2022
• Windows 10
• Windows 11
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Tutorial Windows - Changing a local user password
As an Administrator, start an elevated command line.
List the local accounts.
Here is the command result.
Change the password of a local user.
Optionally, use this command.
Enter the information requested.
In our example, we configured the password of a local account named GOHAN.
Congratulations! You are able to change a local user password using the command-line.
