Once inside the desktop environment, open the File Manager and click on the drive where Windows is installed. At the initial boot screen, choose to try Ubuntu, not install. If you can swap the Utilman.exe with Command Prompt, you can gain access to an elevated Command Prompt without login and then change your expired password in no time.īoot from Ubuntu Live CD. Utilman.exe is the executable file for the Ease Of Access utility available on the Windows login screen, which can help people with poor eye sight or such. Option 1: Change Expired Password from Windows Login Screen So the password expiration notification will never appear again at login. In this tutorial we'll show you 2 ways to change or reset an expired password for any user account in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista or XP.

But unfortunately, even you've entered the password correctly, sometimes you may still get an error that says ' You do not have permission to change your password' or ' Access is denied', which prevents you from logging in and takes you back to the login screen. This will take you to another screen where asks you to enter the current password and set a new one.

Many of you might have seen the message ' Your password has expired and must be changed' at log-on, if you haven't changed Windows user password for a long time.įrom there you have no other choice but to click OK.

User account has expired