Re: Annoying password noodge

From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (levinson_k@excite.com)
Date: 12/19/02


From: "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <levinson_k@excite.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 11:44:55 -0500


"John Smith" <someone@karta.com> wrote in message
news:#3cNTz3pCHA.1628@TK2MSFTNGP12...
> I posted this to the new_user group, and got no relevant responses. So
I'll
> try here ....
>
> What controls the popup reminder that my password changes in n-days, and
> would I like to change it now? I would like to disable it, or at the very
> least, change it from starting 13 days out to a more reasonable number -
> like 1 day out.
>
> My sysadmin apparently doesn't know, or isn't saying.

There's a registry setting on each computer that controls this. I don't
think 1 day is a good idea, due to weekends, holidays, etc. You know, the
solution is to just change the password and the message goes away. If you
keep clicking "no," of course you're going to get the reminder again the
next day.



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