Change Password in Windows 7 without knowing current password

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Windows Administrative user have the right to change the password of another without knowing the current password. There are various methods to change the password but the following method doesn’t require any software or anything.


1.In the Start menu search for “administrative tools” or find Administrative tools from “Control panel”.






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2. In Administrative tools double-click and open “Computer management“.




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3. In computer management windows double-click “System tools“. Then double-click “local users and groups“.

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4. Open “Users”. In users select a user whom you want to change the password and right-click on that user and select “set password”.

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5. Continue by clicking “Proceed” and enter your new password.




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Drawback: Only limitation of this method is that your current account should have Administrative privileges.
Local Users and Groups is only available in the Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate, and Enterpise editions.
Local Users and Groups is not available in the Windows 7 Starter, Home Basic, and Home Premium editions.

 

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How to prevent Windows 7 Themes from changing icons and mouse cursors automatically





Some times desktop icons and cursors of Windows 7 may subjected to change when we install a new theme. This may be a problem for the user. User may not like to change the default windows icons and mouse cursors. Here we are going to see the simple method to prevent changing icons and mouse cursors automatically.
How to preventing automatic change of icons



1. Right click on an empty space on your desktop, and choose Personalize.

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2. Go to the option ”Change desktop icons” which is placed in the left sidebar.

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3.In the Desktop Icon Settings window, uncheck Allow themes to change desktop icons. Hit OK to save the setting.

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How to preventing automatic change of cursors

1. Right click on an empty space on your desktop, and choose Personalize.

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2. Go to the option like “Change mouse pointers” which is placed in the left sidebar.

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3. In the Mouse Properties window, switch to the Pointers tab , uncheck Allow themes to change mouse pointers. Finally, click OK.

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