NoelC Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 I'm not sure whether this even applies to a Microsoft account, but if you're using a local account to run Windows 10, something you may want to consider... Passwords are set to expire by default. If you haven't remembered to do so on your brand new setup, you might want to double check whether your password is set to expire, and whether you want to deconfigure that.Run the Local Security Policy snapin (secpol.msc)Navigate to Security Settings > Account Policies > Password Policy. Change the Maximum password age to 0 to avoid expiry. -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netbookdelgob Posted August 2, 2015 Share Posted August 2, 2015 Windows 10 Home doesnt have "secpol.msc", it tells me "File not found" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted August 2, 2015 Author Share Posted August 2, 2015 You may be able to do the same thing by doing the following: Start an elevated CMD window. Type the following command to check the current status: NET ACCOUNTS Type the following command to avert password expiration: NET ACCOUNTS /MAXPWAGE:UNLIMITED -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted August 3, 2015 Share Posted August 3, 2015 Does this still work? wmic useraccount where "name='Username'" set PasswordExpires=false*also use in elevated CMD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeA Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 I'm not sure whether this even applies to a Microsoft account, but if you're using a local account to run Windows 10, something you may want to consider... Passwords are set to expire by default. If you haven't remembered to do so on your brand new setup, you might want to double check whether your password is set to expire, and whether you want to deconfigure that.Run the Local Security Policy snapin (secpol.msc)Navigate to Security Settings > Account Policies > Password Policy. Change the Maximum password age to 0 to avoid expiry. -Noel Done, thanks! --JorgeA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurk&jerk Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) Does this Windows 8 command no longer work ("where Name='JOHNDOE' " is your actual Windows user name)? I ask because I use this command on my Windows 8 clean install disk and was going to use in on my Windows 10 .iso as well.C:\Windows\System32\wbem\WMIC.exe path Win32_UserAccount where Name='JOHNDOE' set PasswordExpires=false Edited August 4, 2015 by lurk&jerk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Hey lurk, you posted (nearly) the same command that I did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurk&jerk Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 (edited) @Tripredacus. Sorry. That's what I get for speed reading posts early in the morning. Edited August 4, 2015 by lurk&jerk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted August 5, 2015 Author Share Posted August 5, 2015 Now is the time for people to try things and report back. I honestly don't know about the WMIC command. I suspect it will work. -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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