your password will expire.....

Norant

Hello all apologies if this has been covered before,i am running windows 7 professional and i am getting this message that says that your password will expire in.....days.

can anyone enlighten me in what this is and what do i have to do to get rid of it,i dont want to constantly have to keep changing passwords.

Thankyou in advance.

By the way its telling me that the passwrod will change tommorow.

spg_SCOTT

You may be able to do this on 7 Professional, it wont let me see this on home premium:

1. Open the Local Users and Groups administration panel. Do this the easy way; Start –> then enter lusrmgr.msc into the start menu search box. (or the Run box on XP)
2. Double click to select your user
3. Check the box next to “Password never expires”
4. Click OK, and your done.

Would link to source, but I can't yet :rotfl:

The reason it is there is because it is generally accepted that it is better to regularly change your password to keep up security. That way, if someone managed to find out your password, it would only work for a limited time...it can be annoying though...

jimbms

Just a suggestion, have you tried doing what it says and changing your password before it runs out so you then have time to find out a better solution.

hopefulfooluk

Is your machine on a corporate network?

Sounds like it is if you're running Windows 7 pro - if so, there's no way you can override this as it's set by the network admin at the server level.

Norant

Thankyou all for your replies.

Spg scott.....Its worth a try and i will have a go.


Jim bms.....I have already reset the password because i did not know what would happen if i did not,thankyou for your suggestion.

Hopefull......I am running windows seven professional,but its not a business machine it is on a home network,I will give the first suggestion a try and see if it makes a difference.Once again thankyou for your replies.

Norant

spg_SCOTT wrote: »

You may be able to do this on 7 Professional, it wont let me see this on home premium:

Would link to source, but I can't yet :rotfl:

The reason it is there is because it is generally accepted that it is better to regularly change your password to keep up security. That way, if someone managed to find out your password, it would only work for a limited time...it can be annoying though...

Hello spg scott.


I followed your instructions,and it came up as exactly as you said.I have checked the box that said password never expires and hopefully i will not get that message again.

Thankyou all for your help.

Sagz_2

MSE IT forum does it again :T:T:T