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The issue of password expiration does come up on some machines, the
following turns that issue off:
Control Panel - Admin Tools - Local Security policy, and in that under
Account Policies - Password Policy you can set the first four items to
0 (effectively meaning 'no limits') and the last two to Disabled.
Then you are free to use any passwords, and they will last
indefinitely.
--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
"Julie G." <Julie G.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:24F1A3FA-C08D-41DB-92FA-C51975F477BB@microsoft.com...
>I work in a school setting and we received 65 freedom to learn laptops for
> our sixth grade class. This very thing happened to all 65 laptops at
> exactally the same time. We lost all of our (original) administrator
> accounts. We thought that the password never expires box wasn't checked,
> but
> after getting into some of them, we found that the box was checked. These
> machines were never on our network, which we think may have prevented this
> problem. We think that the the administrator account locks out if you do
> not
> change the password in a given time. We had to go in with a CD and unlock
> the machines.
> Julie
>
> "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> First, let's be sure we are talking about the same thing. I'm not
>> talking
>> about an account you created. There is a default account in both XP Home
>> and XP Pro, it is named "Administrator" and it is usually hidden, though,
>> until a user creates a user account, often it will appear on new systems,
>> at
>> least until the first user account is created. Hence, this would be an
>> account you didn't create at the end of XP setup, rather its an account
>> automatically created during setup with the option of also password
>> protecting it.
>>
>> You can always tell the difference between this and user created accounts
>> as
>> it can only be named "Administrator," the name cannot be changed and it
>> is
>> the only account by that name. NOTE: not the only account admin
>> privileges,
>> just the only account with that name.
>>
>> If in fact you are talking about this default account, you might try
>> running
>> a search on the Internet for an application that helps find lost
>> passwords.
>>
>> --
>> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>> Windows Shell/User
>> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>>
>> "msnews.microsoft.com" <bob@dkldfl.com> wrote in message
>> news:%233iYpLsxEHA.1404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> > Hey Michael,
>> >
>> > An administrator account was created and a password was also set, any
>> > ideas on recovery, hack, or otherwise? thx.
>> >
>> > c.o
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Michael Solomon (MS-MVP)" <user@#notme.com> wrote in message
>> > news:%23MG%23LbrxEHA.232@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> >> If you have XP Pro on your computer, at the log in screen type
>> >> ctrl-alt-delete
>> >> twice. In the user account type administrator, leave the password
>> >> blank
>> >> and
>> >> press enter. You likely didn't create a password for this hidden
>> >> account
>> >> during setup and if the computer was purchased with XP pre-installed
>> >> it
>> >> doesn't likely have one either,
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> This will get you in. Then go to Control Panel, user accounts, select
>> >> the
>> >> specific user and select change password. Once you've changed the
>> >> password
>> >> it would be advisable to create a Password Reset Disk by clicking
>> >> "Prevent a
>> >> Forgotten Password" link in the left pane.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Michael Solomon MS-MVP
>> >> Windows Shell/User
>> >> Backup is a PC User's Best Friend
>> >> DTS-L.Org: http://www.dts-l.org/
>> >>
>> >> "msnews.microsoft.com" <bob@dkldfl.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:evM97KrxEHA.1400@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> >>> Hello,
>> >>>
>> >>> I have lost the admin password to my machine which is Windows XP pro
>> >>> SP2
>> >>> (local account) is there a way
>> >>> to recover it without a recovery floppy or cd? thx.
>> >>>
>> >>> com.object
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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