Windows 2000 password expire

[techbeck]

We are having issues when a users Windows domain password is expiring while they are logged on to their account. So email mail work one minute but stop working after their password is expired.

I was wondering if there was a way to alert a user while they are logged in that their password has expired and they need to log off to reset it

thanks

 

[abrannon]

Yes you can warn them, in security policies you can set the warning and at what interval it will begin. We use 7 days. But they will still have to Log out and back in if they are at a site with a slow connection. If they are at the same site with the Email server then it should not matter.

 

[techbeck]

I see the option to "prompt user to change password before expiration". But will this work if a person is logged on and his password expires? Will a popup come up saying YOUR PASSWORD HAS EXPIRED?

 

[abrannon]

No it will not do that, it will prompt them to change their password everytime they login until it expires.

 

[CasDeTroy]

Get to your domain policy>computer configuration>windows settings>security settings>Local policies>Security options..prompt user to change password b4 expiration (fix your time here)

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[nategreer]

Password expiration messages only appear when a user logs on, so set the setting AND get your users to log out on a regular basis.