Windows Prompts You to Change Your Password Every Time You Log On (322962)

SYMPTOMS

When you try to log on to Windows XP Professional, you may receive the following message:

Your password will expire in number of days. Do you want to change it now?

To prevent the password on a local user account from expiring, follow these steps:

When you receive the message that is listed in the "Symptoms" section of this article, click No.
Click Start, click Run, type compmgmt.msc, and then click OK.
Double-click Local Users and Groups, and then click Users.
Double-click the user account that you want to modify, and then click to select Password never expires.
Click OK, and then close the Computer Management dialog box.

NOTE: For information about maximum password age restrictions on a Microsoft Windows 2000 domain account, contact your system administrator.

For more information about password security in Windows XP, type the following text in the Search box in Windows XP Help:

setting password security

For additional information about resetting users' passwords, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

321305 How to Log On to Windows XP If You Forget Your Password or Your Password Expires