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by seadogs

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What is the simplest way to change the length of time for the password will expire in 14 days to 5? All our workstations are on 2000 but the domain is a NT network. Is the only way to do this through the registry or is there a script somewhere that will set this? We've got a couple hundred users so I'd like to automate the process. THanks!

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by rob

When you say NT domain I assume you mean NT4.0 not 2000.
If it's NT4.0 go to administrative tools and open "User Manager for Domains" click on "Policies" then select "Accounts" Here you can set the Age, Length, History and Lockout info for every user at once. No Script or reg entries.

If you have a 2000 Domain, in MMC open "Default Domain Policy" drill down to "Computer configuration - Windows settings - Security Settings - Account Policies - Password Policy" Here you can set the age, lenght and history.

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