Administrator needs to track user passwords

WindowsStar said:

encantar said:

I am the administrator for a home network. I don't need to reset user passwords at this time. Is there a way for me to simply find out what the user passwords are?

@encantar, The problem with your request is that this sounds extremely fishy. If you are the Admin of a home network then you have the power to reset passwords and if you need to know them you can ask your family for them, or you can set them to something only you and they (each person) know and lock it so they cannot change the password.

On the other hand if you are trying to get us to tell you how to hack passwords you will get no help here. We don’t provide support for illegal or unscrupulous actions.

If you have a completely legit reason please post a lot more information and I am sure we can figure something out. -WS

Excellent answer. :)

By the use of the group policy editor it should be possible to set the password to blank, password never expires, and user cannot change password - which should give what you require, GPedit is of course only available in Pro or Ultimate.

Personally I would actually embrace the password use as It is the norm in professional systems and is good policy to become used to the norm. Also in most family situations the use of a password scheme prevents a lot of "who changed my computer" arguments, an administrator of any system has enough to do without making work. If the users are young this is especially true

Barman58 said:

By the use of the group policy editor it should be possible to set the password to blank, password never expires, and user cannot change password - which should give what you require, GPedit is of course only available in Pro or Ultimate.

Personally I would actually embrace the password use as It is the norm in professional systems and is good policy to become used to the norm. Also in most family situations the use of a password scheme prevents a lot of "who changed my computer" arguments, an administrator of any system has enough to do without making work. If the users are young this is especially true

Excellent Post! Thank you.

Barman58 said:

By the use of the group policy editor it should be possible to set the password to blank, password never expires, and user cannot change password - which should give what you require, GPedit is of course only available in Pro or Ultimate.

Personally I would actually embrace the password use as It is the norm in professional systems and is good policy to become used to the norm. Also in most family situations the use of a password scheme prevents a lot of "who changed my computer" arguments, an administrator of any system has enough to do without making work. If the users are young this is especially true

Great Post Nigel. That is some argument that happens very often :)
I too recommend password just make sure you rite it down in a safe place where only you have access too. It's good to follow strong password etiquette.