Ctrl-Alt-Del password change

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Swifty

Is there a way to get to the Ctrl-Alt-Del password change mechanism if
you have the Welcome Screen enabled?

I end up in Windows Task Manager. If I change my password through User
Accounts, then I risk losing access to my encrypted data (I have in the
past).
 
Swifty

If you follow the best practices for the encrypting file system and save the
encrypting certificate to external media, you won't have a problem with
this. Look in Help and Support for Best Practices: File Encryption.
 
If you follow the best practices for the encrypting file system and save
the encrypting certificate to external media, you won't have a problem
with this. Look in Help and Support for Best Practices: File Encryption.
Click to expand...

I've done that, and saved my certificate to my USB stick a few months
ago and it made no difference (deliberately being disingenuous here).

However, I've discovered that the sequence:
1. Turn off the welcome screen
2. Ctrl-Alt-Del
3. Change password
4. Turn Welcome screen back on
doesn't prevent my access to my encrypted files, so this is the process
I've adopted.

Changing my password via "User Accounts" has, at least once, prevented
access to my encrypted files until I reverted to the previous password.

I was just wondering if there is a path to the Ctrl-Alt-Del style of
password change that doesn't require me to temporarily disable the
Welcome screen? I'm never going to do it via "User Accounts" again.
 
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