System users password has expired
Open up cmd.exe
and type in SQLPLUS
Enter user-name: SYSTEM
Enter password: the expired password
It will now let you type in a new password for the SYSTEM user
If SQLPLUS is not available, you can also reset an expired password from within SQL Developer:
- Save your connection information (if not done already)
- Right click on your connection
- Click on the “Reset Password” option in the menu, enter old/new password blah blah blah
If someone drops by from a Google search but uses IntelliJ:
You can reset the system password in the connection properties' "Advanced" tab. There you can set the new one as a value for the oracle.jdbc.newPassword
key.