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How can I change the password change for computer/trust accounts?
John Savill
January 8, 2000
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A. The default interval for password changes for a computer/trustaccount can be modified as follows:
Start the registry editor (regedit.exe)
Move to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesNetlogonParameters
From the Edit menu select New - DWORD value
Enter a name of MaximumPasswordAge
Double click the new value and set to the number of days
Click OK
Close the registry editor
In NT 4.0 this value is only available for machines with Service Pack 4 andfor all versions of Windows 2000. Values can be in the range of 1 to 1,000,000.
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