Rick said:
The last couple of months or so when the computer boots up it ask if I
want to change the password. There is no password required since I am
the only one to use the system. Is this some new feature In Win XP Pro
SP3? I am running ZA Pro but I do not think that is causing this to
occur since I have used it for a very long time.
Hi Rick,
I don't believe that XP SP3 explicitly changes the system's password policy.
However it does sound like your password policy has been altered, somehow.
To configure the policy (and turn off these prompts), you can change the
policy by running the Group Policy Editor:
- at a command prompt, run the command "gpedit.msc"
- the Group Policy MMC will appear;
- in the left-hand pane, select Computer Configuration, Windows
Settings, Account Policies, Password Policy;
- the default settings for XP are:
- enforce password history: 24
- maximum password age: 0
- minimum password age: 0
- minimum password length: 4
- complexity requirements: disabled
- reversible encryption: disabled
Modify these values as desired, exit the Group Policy MMC and log out,
When you log in again, the new settings are in effect.
"Group Policies" are normally associated with machines attached to a
Domian, rather than stand-alone machines; but the GP editor controls
these settings for both domain and stand-alone machines.
Making sure your policy is set to the default values will (hopefully!)
make these prompts go away.
Hope it helps,
Andrew
