Local Administrator account vs Domain Policy forcing passw..

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mvanlare wrote:
> I am working with a company that is now enforcing password changes
> through Active Directory every 45 days. Since AD policy overrides
> local policy, the local accounts are being forced to change their
> passwords too (even though they are not in AD).
>
> My concern is: Can the local Administrator account expire due to this
> policy?
>
> I don't think it does, but if anyone knows of a solid Microsoft
> answer to this, it would alleviate my fears of not being able to log
> in as a local administrator to fix a PC.

Set the local administrator to "Never Expires" on the local machine itself -
everything should be fine then.

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