How to change a Windows password

Via the Ctrl+Alt+Del shortcut

1) Press Ctrl+Alt+Del key combination on your keyboard.  In the menu that appears select: "Change password".

How to change a Windows password

2) Enter the old password.
Enter a new password twice and confirm.  Ready. The password has been changed.

By changing the user password in Windows settings

1) Go to Start->Settings->Accounts and select "Sign-in Options".

2) In the "Password" section, click the "Change" button.

How to change a Windows password

3) You will be prompted to enter your current User Password then press Next button.

How to change a Windows password

4) Enter a New Password and a hint, or alternatively, enter the old password plus enter twice the new one and Next button.

How to change a Windows password

5) Click "Next" and then, after applying your settings, click "Finish".
After these steps, you will need to use a New windows 10 password when logging in again.

By using the command line

1) Run command line as Administrator:
Start->Enter "cmd"->Find "Command Prompt"->Right-click->Run as Administrator.

How to change a Windows password

2) Enter command:

net users

This will result in a list of all Windows users

How to change a Windows password

3) Enter command:

net users"user_name" "new_password"

(here, user_name is the desired name from step 2 and a new password is the password you want to set. If the username contains spaces, put it in quotes in the command line)

How to change a Windows password

Done. Immediately following this, a newly-generated password will be set for the selected user. It is possible to delete the password of an account by entering two inverted commas (without a space in the middle) instead of the password. After these changes the account will be able to be accessed without entering a password in the future.

Through User Settings in "Computer Management"

1) Start "Computer Management" by entering the following commands: 

Go to Start->Computer Management and click on it

How to change a Windows password

2) Go to (left) Computer Management->Hardware->Local Users and Groups → Users.
Right-click on the desired user and select "Set Password".

How to change a Windows password

3) Enter a new password and confirm it.