Re: change (domain) password on WinXP problem ...

From: NobodyMan (none_at_none.net)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:29:32 -0500

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:51:03 -0800, "E-Double"
<EDouble@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>a domain policy states that users should change password at next logon or
>after a certian point in time ( e.g. 90 days ). this works correctly for
>Win98, NT, & Win2K machines, but the WinXP machines have to be rebooted an
>extra time on the day the password should be changed for the system to prompt
>them for a password change. is there any reason for this, or is this a
>configuration problem in XP that needs to be specifically addressed ? the
>local settings do not have 'password never expires' and all machines (
>Win98, NT, Win2K, & WinXP ) are
>members of the domain. any info on this (strange) problem would be greatly
>appreciated.
>
>

I'm not quite getting your question. Are they already logged on
during this last day? Do you expect the system to tell them, in that
case, they need to change the password? To my knowledge, the system
checks for password expires when they logon, not every time they use
the keyboard.

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