Password Expiry Warning

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Darryl

Where can you set the Password Expirt Warning in a Domain Policy? i.e. to
change it warning you from the default 14 days that your password is about
to expire.


Thanks in advance,
Darryl
 
Hi Darryl,

You can change the "Password Expiry Warning" using the registry.

1. Run Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe).

2. From the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE subtree, go to the following key:


\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

3. Add or modify the following entry:


PasswordExpiryWarning: REG_DWORD: <number of days>

4. Click OK and quit Registry Editor.

Also, please look at this article:

328702 Users Cannot Change Password Logging on to Windows 2000 Domain
http://kb/article.asp?id=Q328702


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Thanks for that Sabin.

I was really hoping to do it via the Domain Policy and I thought I had found
it under

Computer Configuration, Windows Settings, Security Setting, Local Policies,
Security Option, Interactive Logon: Prompt user to change passwords before
expiration

But, it does not work! I have set it to a value of 2 days, but when I login
it still says that my password will expire in 9 days.

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks in advance

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Darryl
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Thanks for that Sabin.

I was really hoping to do it via the Domain Policy and I thought I had
found it under

Computer Configuration, Windows Settings, Security Setting, Local
Policies, Security Option, Interactive Logon: Prompt user to change
passwords before expiration

But, it does not work! I have set it to a value of 2 days, but when I
login it still says that my password will expire in 9 days.

Anyone got any ideas?

Thanks in advance
Click to expand...

I think the problem will fix itself once the users change their current
password, this has been the case on a couple of test cases


Darryl
 
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