how do i change the password expiration policy on Vista home premi

Does anyone know if it is possilble to set the password to never expire on
Vista Home premium? I have an logon for both my wife and myself. My wife's
password expired (didn't give her the option of changing it).

Lewis wrote:
> Does anyone know if it is possilble to set the password to never expire on
> Vista Home premium? I have an logon for both my wife and myself. My wife's
> password expired (didn't give her the option of changing it).

Hello,

See if this works for you:

- Click start
- Type: command prompt
- Right-click it when it appears in the list and click Run As Administrator
- Type the following command and press enter:

net accounts /maxpwage:0

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-JB
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/

i tried the :0 switch but it did not work. It gives me an error about the
minpwlen. Why do we have to change this through the command prompt. shouldn't
there be a local security polices area we can change? as in Win XP.

"Jimmy Brush" wrote:

> Lewis wrote:
> > Does anyone know if it is possilble to set the password to never expire on
> > Vista Home premium? I have an logon for both my wife and myself. My wife's
> > password expired (didn't give her the option of changing it).
>
> Hello,
>
> See if this works for you:
>
> - Click start
> - Type: command prompt
> - Right-click it when it appears in the list and click Run As Administrator
> - Type the following command and press enter:
>
> net accounts /maxpwage:0
>
> --
> -JB
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
> Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
>

thomas rohrer wrote:
> i tried the :0 switch but it did not work. It gives me an error about the
> minpwlen. Why do we have to change this through the command prompt. shouldn't
> there be a local security polices area we can change? as in Win XP.
>
> "Jimmy Brush" wrote:
>
>> Lewis wrote:
>>> Does anyone know if it is possilble to set the password to never expire on
>>> Vista Home premium? I have an logon for both my wife and myself. My wife's
>>> password expired (didn't give her the option of changing it).
>> Hello,
>>
>> See if this works for you:
>>
>> - Click start
>> - Type: command prompt
>> - Right-click it when it appears in the list and click Run As Administrator
>> - Type the following command and press enter:
>>
>> net accounts /maxpwage:0
>>
>> --
>> -JB
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
>> Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/
>>

You can still use local security policy to change it. In this case,
though, the OP was using a home version of windows, so local security
policy was not available to him.

--
-JB
Microsoft MVP - Windows Shell/User
Windows Vista Support FAQ - http://www.jimmah.com/vista/