Hi
I would recommend the following product (SMOP) -
http://www.turbo-it.com
It is cheap, simple, and does the job.
> On Monday, November 03, 2008 4:48 PM Amnon Feiner wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I am looking for a reasonbly priced Self Reset password tool. The client is
> moving to a minimum of 16 characters password, so I believe the toll will
> become handy.
> What I found so far was at the $1500.00 for 50 users, a little too expensive
> for them.
>
> --
> Amnon Feiner
>> On Monday, November 03, 2008 6:32 PM SuperGumby [SBS MVP] wrote:
>> I do not understand what a 'self reset' tool is.
>>
>> Set your password policy. Require users to change password on next login.
>>> On Monday, November 03, 2008 6:46 PM Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
>>> Amnon Feiner <> wrote:
>>>
>>> This is called "self service" - if you google you'll find a lot of hits. I
>>> haven't used any. I encourage users to use passphrases (16 characters is
>>> longer than I use, but a phrase meeting that would be easy), and if they
>>> forget their passwords they just have to wait until they can be reset. This
>>> means they don't tend to forget passwords often. ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.google.com/search?q=AD+%2...L_enUS297US297
>>>> On Monday, November 03, 2008 6:55 PM Amnon Feiner wrote:
>>>> When a user lose the passowrd, he can go to an internal web site and reset
>>>> it.
>>>> Here is a good one.
>>>> http://advtoolware.com/software/ss-r...management.asp
>>>> --
>>>> Amnon Feiner
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:...
>>>>> On Monday, November 03, 2008 7:09 PM SuperGumby [SBS MVP] wrote:
>>>>> AHHH, yep, heard of them.
>>>>>
>>>>> However I require users to know two items about their account, name and
>>>>> pass.I _appreciate_ how difficult it is to get them to remember these two
>>>>> details (what? you don't know your own name?), but do not see a need for
>>>>> such tools on a windows network (OK, I occassionaly forget one of the
>>>>> thousand different web logins I have and need to rely on a reset).
>>>>>
>>>>> "Amnon Feiner" <> wrote in message
>>>>> news:...
>>>>>> On Monday, November 03, 2008 8:04 PM Cris Hanna [SBS MVP] wrote:
>>>>>> During the day I work for enterprise environment with 30,000 hourly
>>>>>> employees and 10,000 salaried and we don't use 16 character passwords. 7
>>>>>> character and last 10 are remembered, change every 45 days. Unless this is
>>>>>> a governmental contract with classified information, (in which case they
>>>>>> should be using access cards, not entering passwords) 16 characters is just
>>>>>> paranoid! And it still won't keep the hackers out if they want in, just
>>>>>> takes longer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]
>>>>>> Co-Author, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed
>>>>>> http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-...7269967&sr=8-1
>>>>>> ------------------------------------
>>>>>> MVPs do not work for Microsoft
>>>>>> Please do not submit questions directly to me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Amnon Feiner" <> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:...
>>>>>>> On Monday, November 03, 2008 8:05 PM Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
>>>>>>> Perhaps that policy is too Draconian.
>>>>>>>> On Monday, November 03, 2008 11:09 PM Amnon Feiner wrote:
>>>>>>>> How do you reset a forgotten password by waiting 30 minutes, or what ever
>>>>>>>> the time out is? If you forgot it, then you need to ability to reset.
>>>>>>>> I still think that for 5.00 per a domain account, It is a great option.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Amnon Feiner
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>>>>>>>> < hoo.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:O%...
>>>>>>>>> On Monday, November 03, 2008 11:21 PM Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Amnon Feiner <> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I don't use account lockout (which is what you're describing) like that -
>>>>>>>>> you'd have to enter the password incorrectly about 200 times for it to
>>>>>>>>> trigger in most of my networks. I use it only to deter attacks, not users
>>>>>>>>> who forget passwords. For password resets I just don't find I need this
>>>>>>>>> stuff myself. Your mileage may vary.
>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, November 03, 2008 11:48 PM Amnon Feiner wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Still, I need to resolve the option for a user to be able to reset his own
>>>>>>>>>> password.
>>>>>>>>>> And as far as the password length? I took it from here:
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/protect/you...rd/create.mspx
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Amnon Feiner
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>>>>>>>>>> < hoo.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> news:...
>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, November 04, 2008 9:10 AM Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Amnon Feiner <> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> OK - check out the google hits. Looks like there are a slew of products that
>>>>>>>>>>> purport to allow this. Of course, a user would have to be logged into a
>>>>>>>>>>> machine somewhere to get to the web page that permitted it, wouldn't they...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> There's a lot of good advice there, but I'm not supporting an investment
>>>>>>>>>>> bank trading desk. You have to make sure your users can actually work.
>>>>>>>>>>> That's why the network exists. ;-)
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, November 04, 2008 10:56 AM Steve Foster [SBS MVP] wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Amnon Feiner wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> The point is that on a small network, the "reset password tool" is called
>>>>>>>>>>>> Bob or Dave or Julie - whoever holds the role of IT Administrator.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
>>>>>>>>>>>> ---------------------------------------
>>>>>>>>>>>> MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, May 25, 2009 10:15 AM Daniel Christie wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Take a look at desktop authority password self-service.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> It works perfectly in our environment and the price was right.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.scriptlogic.com/products/...d-self-service
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