How do I change user password when connected to Windows Remote Desktop ?

Hello everyone,

Hope you all are doing well. It's after 3 years I am again get a chance to work on the Windows environment and started getting basic issues also. Here is the first issue which we are discussing. Today first time I took RDP session of my windows server 2012 and want to change my default system generated password and when I was trying to press CTRL+ALT+DEL it was showing me an options for my local windows10 machine not for the RDP servers. When I did some net surfing I got a below options. You can use either of them. It's for two different situations and second one is applicable in both situation

Change password when connected to Windows Remote Desktop

Simply Press CRTL+ALT+END

This is in essence the same thing as CTRL+ALT+DEL, it will display the login security screen where you can change the password, lock the computer, shut down, etc.

 Change password when connected to HOP Servers

I have to agree, CTRL + ALT + END is not an option if you e.g. have to use "HOP servers" (RDP connection from another RDP session).

This is quite common scenario, and if user is not local admin, he is not able to reset password as well. In this case use below trick.

Press WindowsKey+R (or get the Run box open)

Then type OSK (It will open ‘on-screen-keyboard in your remote-remote session). Or open on-screen-keyboard in different way. 

Then press on your physical keyboard (not on that on screen!!) ctrl and alt keys. Using your mouse click DEL key on ‘On-screen-keyboard’ and you will get the below options

 Click on change password and reset the password.

You can use this trick for RDP and HOP as well.

Hope this will help you. Kindly comment for your suggestion and quires.   

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Regards,

Akhilesh B. Humbe