Changing your own password on a RDP session on Windows Server 2012 R2
Some people recommend using ….control + alt + end on a RDP session to bring up that Windows Security screen, but it does NOT work on nested RDP sessions.
This procedure is the only one which worked for me on a Windows 2012 R2 RDP session:
- Click Start
- Type osk (to bring up the on screen keyboard)
- Hit enter
- Once the on screen keyboard is open, hold ctrl+Alt on your physical keyboard, then click on the del key in the on screen keyboard.
- Minimize the on screen Keyboard
- Click Change a password.
PS: Thanks a ton for the tip, Bill!
37 Comments
Jagan
Hi,
I find it easier to change password using command ” net user username password ”
ex: net user Administrator P@55W0rD
*Prerequisite:Command prompt with admin privileges.
Punane
Over RDP it is easyer to use Ctrl+Alt+End
Rajeev
you are right, but that does not work in nested RDP sessions.
mac
OSK option is a convenient one
thanks – it worked!!!!
Eugene
This is the best method so far for nested RDP session. Thumbs up thanks for the share.
Renee
Thanks! Yes, it worked 🙂
Johnson
The OSK is the best requires no admin privilege and even CTRL+ALT+END did not work on Windows Server 2012R2 rdp session.
MM
Very cool!!!
Sujatha
Hi,
Thanks for the tips. It’s really worked for me.
Srinivas P
Ctrl+Alt+End will work for direct RDP session. but it will not function when RDP sessions are natted withing another RDP session. Therefore follow the below instructions to launch the Windows Security Options screen to change Domain password.
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Set objShell = CreateObject(“Shell.Application”)
objShell.WindowsSecurity
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paste above content in Notepad and save it as .vbs file and execute it to view Windows Security Screen to view options like lock, Sign out, Change a Password, and Task Manager.
Olga
Excellent! Worked as a charm for me on a very secure site. Thank you Srinivas.
YOU
WACK!!!!
Mark Lawrance
My way is to leave a shortcut on the public desktop.
Create a shortcut called Change Password
C:\Windows\explorer.exe shell:::{2559a1f2-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}
For the Icon is use (It’s a key)
%SystemRoot%\System32\dpapimig.exe
Rajeev
Thanks Mark, this idea works….even in a nested RDP session.
Zeke
worked like a Charm!!! thanks
Manoj
Thanks Buddy….
Ryan
This worked great even when OSK didn’t — thanks!
Brian J
Great solution
dorand
thank you for the tip,it really works
Pratyush Ram Tripathi
Thanks it is really helpful tricks
gautam
Thanks a ton for the tip
Boris
Many thanks, very useful, in particular for nested RDP sessions
Paul
Thanks!
Kala
Thanks a lot. It was really useful for nested RDP session.
Mat
ALTGR + END
Does the job in a more elegant way (2 keys only.. good for lazier ppl ^^)
kavya
thanks. it works.
Corey
Thank you, so easy!
sopfl
Thank you very much for the hint! Couldn’t find any other solution for my setup: using RDP in Windows VM running in Parallels on MacOS
Danish
Great Man, Thanks a lot
Rithish
It’s working for me.
Thank you
Maria
It worked for me!!! Thank you!!!
Anjan
Excellent! it worked for me. OSK is the best option. Thanks
Petr Siroky
Thank you, this is an unexpected but very clever solution, works fine, helped me a lot.
Peter
Rajeev is correct. Ctrl-Alt-End does not work in nested RDP sessions. It applies to your very first RDP session, which is not the one you want in a nested scenario.
Mon
ctrl _alt+end always works for me 🙂
Andrii
Perfect! It works!
Thanks a lot!
Raj
OSK worked like charm! Thanks.