how do i change the password expiration policy on Vista home premi
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Vista Home premium? I have an logon for both my wife and myself. My wife's
password expired (didn't give her the option of changing it).
Vista Home premium? I have an logon for both my wife and myself. My wife's
password expired (didn't give her the option of changing it).
Re: how do i change the password expiration policy on Vista homepremi
Lewis wrote:> Does anyone know if it is possilble to set the password to never expire onHello,
> Vista Home premium? I have an logon for both my wife and myself. My wife's
> password expired (didn't give her the option of changing it).
See if this works for you:
- Click start
- Type: command prompt
- Right-click it when it appears in the list and click Run As Administrator
- Type the following command and press enter:
net accounts /maxpwage:0
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Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
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Re: how do i change the password expiration policy on Vista home p
i tried the :0 switch but it did not work. It gives me an error about theminpwlen. Why do we have to change this through the command prompt. shouldn't
there be a local security polices area we can change? as in Win XP.
"Jimmy Brush" wrote:
> Lewis wrote:> > Does anyone know if it is possilble to set the password to never expire on>
> > Vista Home premium? I have an logon for both my wife and myself. My wife's
> > password expired (didn't give her the option of changing it).
> Hello,
>
> See if this works for you:
>
> - Click start
> - Type: command prompt
> - Right-click it when it appears in the list and click Run As Administrator
> - Type the following command and press enter:
>
> net accounts /maxpwage:0
>
> --
> -JB
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
> Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
>
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Re: how do i change the password expiration policy on Vista homep
thomas rohrer wrote:> i tried the :0 switch but it did not work. It gives me an error about theYou can still use local security policy to change it. In this case,
> minpwlen. Why do we have to change this through the command prompt. shouldn't
> there be a local security polices area we can change? as in Win XP.
>
> "Jimmy Brush" wrote:
>>> Lewis wrote:>>> Does anyone know if it is possilble to set the password to never expire on>> Hello,
>>> Vista Home premium? I have an logon for both my wife and myself. My wife's
>>> password expired (didn't give her the option of changing it).
>>
>> See if this works for you:
>>
>> - Click start
>> - Type: command prompt
>> - Right-click it when it appears in the list and click Run As Administrator
>> - Type the following command and press enter:
>>
>> net accounts /maxpwage:0
>>
>> --
>> -JB
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
>> Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
>>
though, the OP was using a home version of windows, so local security
policy was not available to him.
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-JB
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
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