Re: Local Account & Password Policy Options Greyed out for Admins?

Well, so much for that idea. I removed the computer from the domain, and put it in my home workgroup. Unfortunately I still can't edit the local security policy settings for password and lockout. Further, I've tried importing settings from the compatible workstation, and that doesn't work, either. Any other ideas?

Thanks and Regards,

Margaret

Margaret Wilson wrote:
Thanks, I was just wondering if that might work. I've run several different domains over the years, NT 351 - Win2003, and I'd never heard of not being able to override password expiration in the user account settings, either. But this is a fairly computer savvy user, so I can't imagine she's telling tall tales. ;-)

Thanks!

Margaret

Steven L Umbach wrote:
It sounds like the computer was never removed from the domain. Logon as an administrator and go to Control Panel/system/computer name - change and change the computer to workgroup giving it whatever name you want to use. Reboot the computer and you should be able to change password policy in Local Security Policy. I have never seen or heard of a user having to change their password if their user account is configured for password never expires. You can use the command net user username to see properties of a user account. --- Steve


"Margaret Wilson" <twokatmew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Y7ydnReFl5D09VDenZ2dnUVZ_v2dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have a user who users her laptop and home, and it's forcing her to change passwords every 90 days, even though her account is set so the password should never expire. (Of course she's using local accounts and logging into the local machine.) When I ran a Windows domain, we had such a domain policy, but certain accounts were set so passwords never expired. Anyway, I looked at the laptop today, figuring I'd just use the Group Policy Editor to change to password expiration and lockout policies. Unfortunately these settings are greyed out for all three admin accounts on the machine. The domain that the laptop was originally used on no longer exists.

I have the exact same laptop without this problem (originally used on the same domain), and I was hoping I could just replace the entire policy. But it's been a couple years since I did much with group policy, so I'm stumped on this one. The affected laptop has not been used or updated in a year, so it is maybe running WinXP Pro SP1, though it could have no service pack at all.

I'm hoping I can fix this without having to reinstall the entire machine. Can anyone point advise me on this one?

Thanks and Regards,

Margaret 


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