How to use Administrative Privileges In Other

Step 1: Log into the Computer

Turn on the computer and use the administrative username and password to log in. To check if you as a user have administrative privileges or not, go to Control Panel and then click on User Accounts.

Step 2: Open Command Prompt (CMD)

Search for CMD in Windows search and select Command Prompt. Click on Run as administrator. This will open CMD for us to use in Admin mode.

Step 3: Configure Changes

Now either you can change the password for current user and log into it using the new password next time you login. Otherwise create a new user in the computer to have a access.

• First of all run the following command in CMD to check all the users in the Computer.

net user

Output:

• Now to change the user-password run the following command

net user [username] *

Give your new password and confirm it. Then press Enter.

Output:

• To Add a new user use the following command

net user [username] [password] /add

Output:

Step 4: Check Changes

Once you have completed the above steps, You can again go to Control Panel and check the user accounts.

You can see that two user accounts are there including the one we have just created. You will also get the option to change between these accounts on the lock screen.

The term hacking is usually used for finding security faults in a System or network. To hack something also means getting unauthorized access to data in a system. To hack password protected computer using Windows Command Prompt is not a feasible technique. However, In this article, we will see how we can use CMD and get into a password protected Computer.