How to Set a Custom Time for Password Expiration Notification in Mobile Information Server (277775)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Mobile Information 2001 Server
This article was previously published under Q277775
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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SUMMARY

It may be necessary to modify the interval by which a mobile user is notified that his or her password is going to expire. These settings, which are kept in the registry of the Mobile Information Server computer, can be modified to adjust to the values you require.

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To modify the values, any or all of the following values must be added to the following registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Exchange\DMI\AUTHMODULE

Value Name: PwdCheckValidity
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Radix: Decimal
Value: Number of minutes to keep password information in the cache. Default is 3 days. Setting this value to 0 (zero) always invalidates the cache.

Value Name: PwdNotifyStartTime
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Radix: Decimal
Value: Number of minutes in advance of the password expiration that the module starts notifying the user. Default is 14 days.

Value Name: PwdNotifyInterval
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Radix: Decimal
Value: The interval (in minutes) that the module notify repeatedly notifies the user. Default is once a day.

Value Name: PwdCheckValidity
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Radix: Decimal
Value: Default is 0 (zero); a non-zero value tells the module to authenticate the user.

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:4/25/2005
Keywords:kbinfo KB277775
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