How to use Net User syntax properly when the login ID is an email address?

Happy Hopping

Happy Hopping

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so if the user ID is john, then I have no problem using Net User and change password by typing under command prompt:

net user john newpassword

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but I can't get the syntax right when the user ID is

[email protected]

for eg.

what should the exact syntax be?
 
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Net user doesn’t work on connected accounts since the local system is not the source of authentication.
You can only reset the password online.
 
it's not a connected acct., is it? it's just a name choosen by the owner as to what the login ID is. She so happen to use her email addr.
 
Have you tried running the command "net user" to see what the account actually shows on the computer? Sometime special characters are either replaced or removed. I would see what the account shows under when running the command "net user" after you find that you can just use that username.
 
That will be a Microsoft account, stupidest idea ever this side of the Apple ID.

You cannot reset a cloud based account the way you reset the password on a local account. To reset the password regarding Microsoft accounts, you have to use the online procedure - Be prepared for a world of pain.
 
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What you type is the account holder's name. It can be anything.
If you want to change it then you can only do it using the online method.
Change the account holder's name using the online method and then type in a regular account name while using net user.
 
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