Re: Users under XP Home

From: Mike Brannigan [MSFT] (mikebran_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/07/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 20:47:10 -0000

Sorry - my bad - it has been a long day.

Yes - if the administrator can gain access to the Computer Management MMC
then the Local Users and Groups applet, they can set the user account to
not be able to change the password.
As Far as I remember on Windows XP Home Edition you need to boot to safe
mode to logon as the Administrator account. And I do not know if you have
access to the same tools. 

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Mike
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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:022201c3d54c$9e3155d0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I have not used home, but normally under the user manager
> you can choose a box that says "user cannot change
> password" and another that has "password never expires"
> However my limited experience with home suggests some of
> the normal options have been removed from the control
> panel for no apparent reason.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >"zak" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:0d2501c3d546$332eadb0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> how can i prevent a user from changing the password in
> >> windows xp home?
> >
> >Why would you not want a user to be able to change their
> own password ?
> >
> >The short answer is you cannot.
> >
> >If you need individual passwords then set up more then
> one user account and
> >have one for each person.
> >-- 
> >Regards,
> >
> >Mike
> >--
> >Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
> >
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> >"zak" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:0d2501c3d546$332eadb0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> how can i prevent a user from changing the password in
> >> windows xp home?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >
> >
> >.
> >