Re: When ADMIN PASSWORD has expired - stop ability to bypass chang



Hello Drew,
Try looking at this article:
885119 How to set account lockout policies in Windows 2000 and Windows
Server
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=885119

Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

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<> dharakal wrote:
<>
<> > I am configuring closed systems with highly restricted access.
<> > Part of the certification is to establish that all of the passwords
expire.
<> > Here is the situation:
<> > On a non-networked Windows XP SP2 workstation.
<> > I set the expiration of the the ADMINISTRATOR's password to 45 days.
Then I
<> > change the time to be 46 days in the future and logoff. When I log
back on,
<> > as ADMINISTRATOR, it informs me that my password has expired and
"...would I
<> > like to change it".
<> > If I answer "YES", it allows me to change the password and continues
to my
<> > desktop.
<> > If I answer "NO" it takes me to the desktop as well (re-asking the
question
<> > every time I log on).
<> > HOW do I configure the system to NOT ALLOW me to continue to the
desktop
<> > unless I change the ADMINISTRATOR Password when it has expired?
<> >
<> > TO restate the question: I need the system to NOT allow the
administrator
<> > (or any account for that matter) to be able to continue to the desktop
after
<> > the password is expired UNLESS THEY CHANGE THE PASSWORD.
<> >
<> > thanks,
<> > - Drew
<>
<> Don't you have the following option?
<>
<> 'User must change password at next logon'
<>
<- - -
<Yes, I have the option but that is neither the question nor the problem..
<
<AT LOGON
<IF an admin's password has expired
<
<THEN the dialog box asks them if they want to change it.
<IF they answer YES it gives them the dialog to change the password and
<continues on to the desktop once the password change scenario is complete.
<ELSE they answer NO and it continues to the desktop.
<
<I want to configure it so that IF they answer NO, THEN it does NOT
continue
<until they answer YES.
<Effectively enforcing that they MUST change their password if it has
expired.
<
<I don't think it's possible in the Windows World...
<- Drew
<

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