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Stop Your Password From Expiring In XP.
Please
Note: This workaround relates to
Windows XP Professional Only. You do not need
to use it with Windows XP Home. The XP Home password will not expire.
Password
protecting Windows XP is an integral part of security. However, when you create
a password in XP it does, by default, have a limited shelf life - 42 days to be
precise. Before the 42 days has expired you will usually receive a reminder that
your password is about to expire. This is fine, so long as you do something
about it at the time. If you don't, and your password finally expires, you are,
unless you have created a password reset disk, (see
How do I create a Password Reset)
left with a machine you cannot log in to.
Of course
you can easily stop the password expiring altogether simply by following the
instructions below.
1. Click
the Start button.
2. On the
Start Menu click Control Panel.
3. When
the Control Panel Window opens Click the Administrative Tools Icon.
4. In
Administrative tools window click Local Security Settings.
5. The
Local Security settings window will now open.
6. In the
Left hand pane of the window click on the plus sign next to Account Policies to
expand the menu.
7. Click
Password Policy.
8. If you
look in the Right hand pane you will see a list of options.
9. Right
click on the Maximum Password Age option.
10. From
the drop down menu select Properties.
11. The
maximum password age properties window will open.
12. By
default it is set to 42 days.
13. Change
this figure to 0 (zero).
14. Click
Apply.
15. Next
click OK to close the window.
16. Your
password will now never expire.
17.
Finally Close the Local Security Settings window and any other windows that are
open.
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