Changing of Passwords

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Hi guys,

I have a windows NT Server and the policy is that users are forced to change
their password every 30 days. At the moment two weeks prior to the expiry of
the current password they get a message asking them if they want to change
the password as it will expiry in x days.

Is there anything I can change in the registry so they only get this message
lets say 5 days prior to the expiry of the password?

Thanks

Anguel

 

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Set the Reg_Dword value of
PasswordExpiryWarning
to the number of days before the warning is displayed
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"Anguel Iordanov" <adiordanov@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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| Hi guys,
|
| I have a windows NT Server and the policy is that users are forced to
change
| their password every 30 days. At the moment two weeks prior to the expiry
of
| the current password they get a message asking them if they want to change
| the password as it will expiry in x days.
|
| Is there anything I can change in the registry so they only get this
message
| lets say 5 days prior to the expiry of the password?
|
| Thanks
|
| Anguel
|
|

 

[Guest]

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Hi Dave,

Thanks a lot for this. Can I do this only on the server or does it have to
be done on each computer?

Regards,

Anguel


"Dave Patrick" <mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote in message
news:#Z2idw$eFHA.1288@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Set the Reg_Dword value of
> PasswordExpiryWarning
> to the number of days before the warning is displayed
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Anguel Iordanov" <adiordanov@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OEBk0b9eFHA.3328@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> | Hi guys,
> |
> | I have a windows NT Server and the policy is that users are forced to
> change
> | their password every 30 days. At the moment two weeks prior to the
expiry
> of
> | the current password they get a message asking them if they want to
change
> | the password as it will expiry in x days.
> |
> | Is there anything I can change in the registry so they only get this
> message
> | lets say 5 days prior to the expiry of the password?
> |
> | Thanks
> |
> | Anguel
> |
> |
>
>

 

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Each machine

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

"Anguel Iordanov" wrote:
| Hi Dave,
|
| Thanks a lot for this. Can I do this only on the server or does it have to
| be done on each computer?
|
| Regards,
|
| Anguel