Password change prompt

Every three weeks or so my wife has a prompt come up to say, 'consider
changing your password'. It drives her mad and me. I do not use Vista
so I'm not too familiar with it. Is there any way of turning off this
annoyance?

We just use our PC's at home and have no need for any passwords or
security. I have searched the web for an answer to this problem but I
couldn't find anything simple.

Pete L;869881 Wrote:
> Every three weeks or so my wife has a prompt come up to say, 'consider
> changing your password'. It drives her mad and me. I do not use Vista
> so I'm not too familiar with it. Is there any way of turning off this
> annoyance?
>
> We just use our PC's at home and have no need for any passwords or
> security. I have searched the web for an answer to this problem but I
> couldn't find anything simple.
Hi,

try the following should work under vista

Right click the command prompt icon in Accessories and 'Run as
Administrator'
or click the start orb type \"CMD\" and press Ctrl - Shift -Enter

Basically get to an administrator command prompt

Type \"net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited\" (without the quotes) and
enter

Hope this helps


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barman58

Regards,
*Nigel*
the beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not
understand.,- frank herbert

"Pete L" <> wrote in message
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> Every three weeks or so my wife has a prompt come up to say, 'consider
> changing your password'. It drives her mad and me. I do not use Vista
> so I'm not too familiar with it. Is there any way of turning off this
> annoyance?
>
> We just use our PC's at home and have no need for any passwords or
> security. I have searched the web for an answer to this problem but I
> couldn't find anything simple.

What is she doing when this happens?
What program is she in?

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On 24 Oct, 20:34, barman58 <gu...@unknown-email.com> wrote:
> Pete L;869881 Wrote:> Every three weeks or so my wife has a prompt come up to say, 'consider
> > changing your password'. It drives her mad and me. I do not use Vista
> > so I'm not too familiar with it. Is there any way of turning off this
> > annoyance?
>
> > We just use our PC's at home and have no need for any passwords or
> > security. I have searched the web for an answer to this problem but I
> > couldn't find anything simple.
>
> Hi,
>
> try the following should work under vista
>
> Right click the command prompt icon in Accessories and 'Run as
> Administrator' *
> or click the start orb type \"CMD\" and press Ctrl - Shift -Enter
>
> Basically get to an administrator command prompt
>
> Type \"net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited\" (without the quotes) *and
> enter
>
> Hope this helps
>
> --
> barman58
>
> Regards,
> *Nigel*
> the beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not
> understand.,- frank herbert

Nigel.

Brought up command promt ok. Keyed in exactly as you said and got a
reply - 'net is not recognised as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file. What I actually typed was....
\net accounts /maxpwage:unlimited\

Oh dear..... Second opinion?

Thanks for your help!

Pete L wrote:
> Every three weeks or so my wife has a prompt come up to say, 'consider
> changing your password'. It drives her mad and me. I do not use Vista
> so I'm not too familiar with it. Is there any way of turning off this
> annoyance?
>
> We just use our PC's at home and have no need for any passwords or
> security. I have searched the web for an answer to this problem but I
> couldn't find anything simple.


Is this Vista Business or Ultimate? If so see the link below.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/96...ion-vista.html

gls858

If you remove the password won't this make you vulnerable to attacks on the
internet?
Unless this home PC isn't connected to the internet. In any case you can go
here:
Start Orb -> Control Panel -> User Accounts & Family Safety -> User
Accounts -> Remove Your Password. Hope this helps.

"gls858" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Pete L wrote:
>> Every three weeks or so my wife has a prompt come up to say, 'consider
>> changing your password'. It drives her mad and me. I do not use Vista
>> so I'm not too familiar with it. Is there any way of turning off this
>> annoyance?
>>
>> We just use our PC's at home and have no need for any passwords or
>> security. I have searched the web for an answer to this problem but I
>> couldn't find anything simple.
>
>
> Is this Vista Business or Ultimate? If so see the link below.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/96...ion-vista.html
>
> gls858

On 24 Oct, 21:31, gls858 <gls...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Pete L wrote:
> > Every three weeks or so my wife has a prompt come up to say, 'consider
> > changing your password'. It drives her mad and me. I do not use Vista
> > so I'm not too familiar with it. Is there any way of turning off this
> > annoyance?
>
> > We just use our PC's at home and have no need for any passwords or
> > security. I have searched the web for an answer to this problem but I
> > couldn't find anything simple.
>
> Is this Vista Business or Ultimate? If so see the link below.
>
> http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/96...ion-vista.html
>
> gls858

Thanks for the link. Looks like it's the answer. I just think I'll
stick with tried and tested Win XP!!