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?

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5 Answers

Open "On screen keyboard" (osk.exe)

Send Ctrl + Alt + Del by mouse-clicking each on key individually, in the most nested RDP session.

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If that does not work try holding Ctrl+Alt on your keyboard and clicking Del in OSK in the the RDP session

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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".

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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.

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StickyKeys can accomplish this:

1. Turn on StickyKeys (from Control Panel > Ease of Access Center > Make the keyboard easier to use) in the most nested RDP session.
2. Hit Ctrl, then Alt, then Del