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  1. Posts : 52
    windows 7 64 bit
       #1

    User changes password


    I have an admin account and a user account for the kids. How do I stop them changing the password for their user account. They just go into user accounts and change the password and can lock me out of their account.

    Cheers Ray
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  2. Posts : 1,180
    Windows 7 Ultimate
       #2

    Currently, I am at work, and cannot view this page, but it might help you!

    Again, if it's nowhere near relevant, I aplogize hah
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  3. Posts : 3,427
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #3

    Hi Ray :)

    From an Administrator account do this:

    Password - Prevent or Allow to Change - Vista Forums

    Right Click Computer and click Manage
    CLick Local Users and Groups
    Click Users
    Go to the account you want to lock and right click>properties
    Check User cannot change password

    This will only work on limited accounts, Admins can still change their password (or at least they can get into Local Policy to unlock it again if they know what they are doing)
    Last edited by Brink; 14 Jul 2010 at 15:13. Reason: added link
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  4. Posts : 1,252
    Windows 8 Professional 64-bit
       #4

    severedsolo said:
    Hi Ray :)

    From an Administrator account do this:

    Right Click Computer and click Manage
    CLick Local Users and Groups
    Click Users
    Go to the account you want to lock and right click>properties
    Check User cannot change password

    This will only work on limited accounts, Admins can still change their password (or at least they can get into Local Policy to unlock it again if they know what they are doing)
    Or:
    click "Start"
    click "Run"
    then type "lusrmgr.msc"
    click "users"
    then right click their account
    select "properties"
    then check "User cannot change password".

    Voila!
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  5. Posts : 52
    windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Prevent kids changing password


    Are you guys quoting for Vista cos the lusrmgr doesn't work for me. It says, "This computer is using Windows 7 Home Premium this snapin may not be used with this version of Windows." Neither when I right click computer and click manage do I get anything resembling what is suggested. I'm still in the dark, here!

    Cheers

    ray
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  6. Posts : 3,427
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #6

    (Thanks for adding the Link Brink I should have done that)

    I could be wrong, but I am fairly certain it can only be done in Windows 7 Professional and up.

    I know the method I posted works, because I did it on my own machine. However I am running Windows 7 Ultimate
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  7. Posts : 52
    windows 7 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Prevent password change by kids


    Kirsch said:
    Currently, I am at work, and cannot view this page, but it might help you!

    Again, if it's nowhere near relevant, I aplogize hah
    It says it is for Vista.
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  8. Posts : 1,814
    XP / Win7 x64 Pro
       #8

    severedsolo said:
    Hi Ray :)

    Right Click Computer and click Manage
    CLick Local Users and Groups
    Click Users
    Go to the account you want to lock and right click>properties
    Check User cannot change password
    You should have no problem doing this, logged in as the Admin on the Win 7 machine.
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  9. Posts : 3,427
    Windows 10 Pro x64
       #9

    rkeilty said:
    Kirsch said:
    Currently, I am at work, and cannot view this page, but it might help you!

    Again, if it's nowhere near relevant, I aplogize hah
    It says it is for Vista.
    I would just like to point out to you, that Windows 7 is basically Vista, at least on the surface, Almost anything that works for Vista works for Windows 7. So criticising us for linking Vista stuff, is actually a bit silly.

    As I said above, I suspect your issue is that your copy of Windows is Home Premium. I don't think it can be done. (there was a similar issue on another thread today, I will link when I find it)

    I actually did this to my own machine, before posting. Thats how I know it works. If it isn't working for you, then It's definitely Home Premiums fault (even Windows told you that, why would they include a Vista snapin in Windows 7 if it doesnt work?)
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  10. Posts : 71,959
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #10

    rkeilty said:
    Are you guys quoting for Vista cos the lusrmgr doesn't work for me. It says, "This computer is using Windows 7 Home Premium this snapin may not be used with this version of Windows." Neither when I right click computer and click manage do I get anything resembling what is suggested. I'm still in the dark, here!

    Cheers

    ray

    Hello Ray,

    The tutorial link above works for both Windows 7 and Vista. You can use METHOD TWO in the tutorial to do this as well since you have Windows 7 Home Premium. :)
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