"Your password will expire in _ days" but what password?

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Stop Password Expiration

After you have run Windows XP for a while, you may receive this message when
you log on: "Your password will expire in 14 days.....".
By default, Windows XP is set up with passwords which will expire after 42
days. 14 days in advance, Windows will start warning you of this fact. If
you do not want your passwords to expire:

1.. Go to Start > Run and in the Open: box type control userpasswords2
2.. Select the Advanced tab in the User Accounts window
3.. Press the Advanced button below the Advanced user management header
4.. Select Users in the Local Users and Groups
5.. In the right pane, right-click the user name for which you want to
change the setting, and select Properties
6.. On the General tab, check Password never expires
7.. Click Apply and OK (all the way out)

--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
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"plh" <arobustu@news123guy.com> wrote in message
news:anh5i05qnvqf248vaj4c54djpcs1u5q2ge@4ax.com...
>I recently got a used Gateway computer with Windows XP Pro loaded.
> Recently I began to get the message in the subject line on boot up,
> BUT, you never have to put in a password, it comes right up. I looked
> into it and found 2 accounts, one "user" (with administrative rights)
> and the Guest account, which is not active. My understanding is the
> administrator passwords never expire. JFS&G, I tried to change the
> name form"user" to "administrator" but it told me that "administrator"
> already exists. However, I don't see that account when I open "User
> Accounts"
> Can someone tell me what is going on? (12 days to go and counting...)
> Thank you all in advance,
> -plh
> --
> I keep hitting "Esc" -- but I'm still here!
> [if "123" is in email address, that is an anti-spam thing.]