How to change your windows 98 password
Changing your windows password is easy, here's a simple five step guide to changing your windows 98 password.
Step 1
Bring up the Windows Control Panel. Click on the Start menu and then Settings and then Control Panel This will display the Windows control panel shown in step 2.
Step 2
Start the Passwords Applet. In the windows control panel find the Passwords applet, the icon with three keys on a ring, and double click on it. This will launch the control panel passwords applet, shown below.
Step 3
Click Change Windows Password. Click the button "Change Windows Password...". At this step, if you are connected to a domain on a local area network you might be asked if you want to change those passwords to match. Otherwise you'll see the dialog shown below.
Step 4
Enter your old password. Type your existing password into the top text box, you'll notice that as you type asterisks (*'s) appear, this is to make sure that nobody sees what your typing. Now press the TAB key to move to the next step.
Step 5
Enter your new password twice. Now enter your new password twice, you're entering it twice just to make sure that you don't make a typing mistake and change your password to something you didn't intend. Now click the OK button or press ENTER.
For hints on choosing a good password see my password guide.
All done!
