How do i disable the XP password reminder?

[NetworkDad]

My mom's PC every 45 days reminds her to change her password - where is the setting to permanently disable that? She doesn't want a password.

Thanks,

~Jason

 

[Murpheeee]

I was having the same problem and found this in the help file:

In Windows XP, passwords have an expiration date. If you are scheduling recurring tasks that run indefinitely, you need to be aware of the expiration date on your passwords. You can reset the passwords for all of your scheduled tasks at the same time that your computer's password expires. The administrator's password never expires, so you can avoid resetting the passwords for all scheduled tasks by creating the scheduled tasks as an administrator


SO I take from that, that you canot have a permanent password in XP unless you are administrator

 

[stingray2]

I have WinXp pro installed, and my wife an others use my computer. I have them set up as power users (not that it matters), and each person have a password. you can, as the admin, set them up with passwords (i assume you mean logon password) that don't expire. to do this, from the 'control panel', click on 'administrative tools'.. then click on 'computer management'... then under 'system tools', click on 'local users and groups'.. if it is a user you want to do, then click on 'users', then from the user list that appears on the right hand of the window, click on the user in question.. and their 'properties' box will appear. on of the options is 'password never expires'.. check that and they should never be bothered again... your mom can still go in and change her password when ever she wants, but it will not expire...
does that help????
is that what you wanted???
upon reading your request more closely.. you wanted to be able to remove the password request from happening when you mother logons on? if so, I am not sure how to do that.. there must be away.. have you looked on the microsoft web site ?

 

[Derango]

Originally posted by: Murpheeee
I was having the same problem and found this in the help file:

It's really not a problem. It's security, and it makes sense. I can see why it annoys some people though, and there really should be a way to turn it off if you don't like it, but classifying it as a problem is going too far.

 

[Abzstrak]

click start/run and then type gpedit.msc, and hit "ok"..... all the settings you guys want are in there.

In particular, go under Local Computer Policy \ Computer Configuration \ Windows Settings \ Security Settings \ Account Policies \ Password Policy . Then select Maximum Password Age on the right (of which the default is 42 days) and select 0 days and the password will not expire anymore.

 

[NetworkDad]

Originally posted by: Abzstrak
click start/run and then type gpedit.msc, and hit "ok"..... all the settings you guys want are in there.

In particular, go under Local Computer Policy \ Computer Configuration \ Windows Settings \ Security Settings \ Account Policies \ Password Policy . Then select Maximum Password Age on the right (of which the default is 42 days) and select 0 days and the password will not expire anymore.

There we go! That's what i was looking for, i knew i had used that utility before! Thanks !