Re: How do I disable standard user from changing password?

it is not real obvious.

start in a elevated command window
net user ?

I.e. net user 'account' name has options to 'allow the user to change
password'

Michael


"shood" <> wrote in message
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> I'm using Vista Home Premium.
>
> I know that there is no Local Users and Groups folder in Computer
> Management.
>
> I am the administrator, and I want to disable a standard user's ability
> to change their password. In other words, I want to have access to this
> user's account when I need--I want them to be able to be password
> protected, but I don't want them to be able to change this password once
> they have set it up. This seems to be possible to do in other versions
> of Vista, but not Vista Home Basic or Vista Home Premium.
>
> Still, it seems incredible to me that there is not a way to do this in
> these versions of Vista (think a mom who needs access to her kid's
> account...).
>
> So--How do I do this without a Local Users and Groups folder?? Or in
> other words, how do I work around that?
>
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See http://www.ss64.com/nt/netuseroptions.html (i.e. /passwordchg:{yes | no} )
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/Dennis


"Michael Walraven" wrote:

> it is not real obvious.
>
> start in a elevated command window
> net user ?
>
> I.e. net user 'account' name has options to 'allow the user to change
> password'
>
> Michael