Re: Password questions/problems
From: Stuart Mueller - MCP (stu_mueller_news@NOSPAMhotmail.com)
Date: 09/20/02
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From: "Stuart Mueller - MCP" <stu_mueller_news@NOSPAMhotmail.com> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 10:02:40 +0100
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"Dr. Lorne Lavine" <llavine@att.net> wrote in message
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> Hi folks,
>
> Need some advice here. I set up a network in a small office a few months
> ago. Win 2k Server on the server, and the workstations are all Win Xp Pro.
> All the users were set up on the server to have passwords that never
expire.
>
> Got a call from them today that none of the workstations could connect to
> the server, and they were getting an error message about the password
being
> expired. Had them go into the server and they got a similar message that
the
> admin password or something like that was set to expire today and did they
> want to change it. After I had them change it and log into the server,
they
> told me that all the user accounts were set to User must change password
at
> next logon. I had them change it back to Password never expires and they
are
> back in business.
>
> My questions are the following:
>
> 1. Is there a time setting for the Windows 2000 Server admin password to
> expire? I don't recall ever setting this. Is it something I can change to
> never expire?
Should automatically be set to never expire
>
> 2. Would the Admin password on Windows 2000 that was about to expire have
> caused all the users passwords to become reset to the setting that
required
> them to be changed?
No
>
> 3. Do I need to set the Win XP workstations passwords to never expire as
> well? If I recall, the default is 42 days, which is about the time I
> installed their system, so this would make sense.
Are the users using domain accounts or is it a workgroup environment? if
domain accounts then just set hte password properties on the server, if a
workgroup you need to set it on all workstations.
>
> 4. If I wanted to set it up so that the users need to reset their password
> each time, how do I have the user do this from their workstation?
if you set accounts up so their password expires, it will count down the
number of days left untill hte account password expires then when they next
log on it will prompt them to change the password
>
> Thanks for any and all help.
>
> LL
>
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