You may find when using some editions of Windows Vista that your password expires and you are required to change it. This problem will keep re-occurring until you change your account profile to prevent password expiration. To do this, start [B]lusrmgr.msc[/B] from the run box (Press [B]WINDOWS KEY + R[/B] to access this): [CENTER][ATTACH]170.vB[/ATTACH][/CENTER] Once the Local User Manager has loaded, click [B]Users[/B] in the left column and then double click your username in the main window: [CENTER][ATTACH]169.vB[/ATTACH][/CENTER] Now, tick the [B]Password Never Expires[/B] box followed by [B]OK[/B]: [CENTER][ATTACH]168.vB[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [LEFT] In future, you password will not expire. Allowing you to log on without needed to change your password again.[/LEFT]