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Logon password will expire in 5 days
Hi,
I've just noticed a fleeting reminder, in my system tray, that my logon password will expire in 5 days. This was under the wording (I think) of Windows Logon Reminder.
It appeared in my non-admin account. I have another, admin account.
I have never set Windows to make logon passwords expire. I have never experienced that under my previous install of the same OS, which lasted years. The advice I've been able to google up on the issue all relates to an option in Group Policy to make passwords never expire, but I don't have this, since I'm under Home Premium.
I suspect this may be linked to the way I sysprepped my install, including the logon passwords to my user accounts. Maybe my system thinks I have Group Policy or I'm on a domain, which I'm not. This is a one-user, non-networked computer (except for the Internet).
As a temporary measure, I made both accounts password-free. I also created two password reset "disks" on flash drives, one per account. I discovered, while doing this, that the relevant wizard says explicitely that you can create a password reset disk... with a blank password. Which I did, but what's the point ? Surely, when you have decided not to protect your account with a password, you don't need a password reset disk ?
I've also seen a registry hack to correct this, which I'd like to avoid, if at all possible.
Thanks !