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  • Change your password or that of another user on Windows 7
  • Windows
  • Windows 7
  • 24 March 2022 at 10:07 UTC
  • Lionel

Change your password or that of another user on Windows 7

On Windows 7, you can protect your Windows user account through the control panel.

  1. Protect your user account with a password
  2. Change your password
  3. Set password for any account

1. Protect your user account with a password

To get started, open the Control Panel from the Windows 7 start menu.

In the control panel that appears, click on "User Accounts and Family Safety".

Then, click on the "Change your Windows password" link.

Then, click on : Create a password for your account.

Enter the desired password.

Note : to help you remember your password, you can add a hint. But, this is not mandatory.

As you can see, your account is now password protected.

2. Change your password

To change your password, click on : Change your password.

To change your password, you will need to enter :

  • current password
  • 2 times the new desired password
  • an indication for it (optional)

Then, click on : Change password.

3. Set password for any account

To set or change the password for any account on your computer (if you're an administrator on the computer), open File Explorer, then right-click "Manage" on "Computer".

In the "Computer Management" window that appears, go to "Local Users and Groups -> Users" and right-click "Set Password" on the desired user.

In the "Set Password for [username]" window that appears, click : Proceed.

Enter the new password and click OK.

The password has been set.

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