Index: wp-admin/user-edit.php
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--- wp-admin/user-edit.php	(revision 24517)
+++ wp-admin/user-edit.php	(working copy)
@@ -376,7 +376,9 @@
 ?>
 <tr id="password">
 	<th><label for="pass1"><?php _e('New Password'); ?></label></th>
-	<td><input type="password" name="pass1" id="pass1" size="16" value="" autocomplete="off" /> <span class="description"><?php _e("If you would like to change the password type a new one. Otherwise leave this blank."); ?></span><br />
+	<td>
+		<input type="text" value=" " style="display:none" />
+		<input type="password" name="pass1" id="pass1" size="16" value="" autocomplete="off" /> <span class="description"><?php _e("If you would like to change the password type a new one. Otherwise leave this blank."); ?></span><br />
 		<input type="password" name="pass2" id="pass2" size="16" value="" autocomplete="off" /> <span class="description"><?php _e("Type your new password again."); ?></span><br />
 		<div id="pass-strength-result"><?php _e('Strength indicator'); ?></div>
 		<p class="description indicator-hint"><?php _e('Hint: The password should be at least seven characters long. To make it stronger, use upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols like ! " ? $ % ^ &amp; ).'); ?></p>
Index: wp-admin/user-new.php
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--- wp-admin/user-new.php	(revision 24517)
+++ wp-admin/user-new.php	(working copy)
@@ -341,7 +341,9 @@
 <?php if ( apply_filters('show_password_fields', true) ) : ?>
 	<tr class="form-field form-required">
 		<th scope="row"><label for="pass1"><?php _e('Password'); ?> <span class="description"><?php /* translators: password input field */_e('(twice, required)'); ?></span></label></th>
-		<td><input name="pass1" type="password" id="pass1" autocomplete="off" />
+		<td>
+		<input type="text" value=" " style="display:none" />
+		<input name="pass1" type="password" id="pass1" autocomplete="off" />
 		<br />
 		<input name="pass2" type="password" id="pass2" autocomplete="off" />
 		<br />