Have you ever needed to change a password for yourself or another user on a system you were remotely connected to?  There's a simple way to do it from the command line using the <strong>NET USER</strong> command like this:
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>NET USER &lt;Username&gt; &lt;NewPassword&gt; /Domain</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The /Domain switch is optional.  Include it if the user account is in the domain the computer is a member of instead of the local machine.  You must be logged in as an administrator for this command to work.  If there are people around you and you don't want to display the new password, use this format instead:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>NET USER &lt;Username&gt; * /Domain</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">This will prompt you to enter the password, but it won't echo to the screen as you type it.  You'll have to enter the new password a second time to confirm it.</p>

You can find more information on the NET USER command here: <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490718.aspx">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490718.aspx</a>

<address>Jonathan Webster, eGroup</address><address><a href="http://egroup.jasonmangone.com">www.egroup-us.com</a></address>