Re: Can't Change Passwords at WinXP Pro machines in a W2k AD Domain

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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:38:36 -0300 (ART)
To: Patricia Viana <patricia.sa.viana@terra.com.br>, security-basics@securityfocus.com

   Hello for all,
   Check if there is a Group Policy of minimal time to
change passwords, because this policy determine how
much time of life before to be changed.
  

 --- Patricia Viana <patricia.sa.viana@terra.com.br>
escreveu: > Hi.
>
> I'm the network administrator for a medium sized
> company and we have a
> Win2k AD Domain. Our client computers runs Win2000
> Pro and WinXP Pro.
>
> I would like to know if anyone could help me out
> with this:
> . Users can't change their password on any of the
> XP machines;
> . Administrators can't change their password on any
> of the XP
> machines!
> . I can only change passwords for WinXP local SAM
> users !!
> . The error message is something like this: "You
> don't have
> sufficient privilege to change your password at the
> moment".
> . The same users and administrators are able to
> change their
> password on any Win2000 Pro machines.
>
> Hope someone has lived trought this or can have a
> clue on what is going
> on here.
>
> Best Regards,
> Patricia Viana.
>
>
>
>
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