Change Windows password when in multiple RDP
I run a VM on my local PC to sandbox a VPN connection, I then RDP from this VM into the PC I use for work. I need to change the password but CTRL+ALT+END brings up the menu for the 1st VM.
How can I change the password (and access the CTRL+ALT-DEL menu) when in such a 'recursive' RDP scenario?
Open "On screen keyboard" (osk.exe)
Send Ctrl + Alt + Del by mouse-clicking each on key individually, in the most nested RDP session.
If that does not work try holding Ctrl+Alt on your keyboard and clicking Del in OSK in the the RDP session
If you have a nested RDP session and the on-screen keyboard is disabled, you can try opening up PowerShell and running the following command:
(New-Object -COM Shell.Application).WindowsSecurity()
Then enter in your existing password, new password, and hit enter.
You can always open a "CMD" command prompt on the VM and reset the password via command line.
When you get the C:\ prompt, you would type something like "net user administrator Ch@rli3" and that would change the administrator account's password to "Ch@rli3".
Open Run type in lusrmgr.msc go to users, select your user account, right click your user account select set password, set password, logout. Login with new password. Done.
StickyKeys can accomplish this:
- Turn on StickyKeys (from Control Panel > Ease of Access Center > Make the keyboard easier to use) in the most nested RDP session.
- Hit Ctrl, then Alt, then Del