Access Denied Changing Windows Password

[Lori]

We have several users who cannot change their password
when the password expires, telling them "Access is
Denied." All are running Windows XP. It ahs been
verified that the new password meets password restrictions
(length and complexity). Does anyone know of any fix for
this, other than the "workaround" to change
the "restrictanonymous" setting in the registry under
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Lsa, which causes a security
issue?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

To work around this behavior, log on to the computer by using an account
that has Administrator privileges.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| We have several users who cannot change their password
| when the password expires, telling them "Access is
| Denied." All are running Windows XP. It ahs been
| verified that the new password meets password restrictions
| (length and complexity). Does anyone know of any fix for
| this, other than the "workaround" to change
| the "restrictanonymous" setting in the registry under
| HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Lsa, which causes a security
| issue?

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the reply.

The users having this problem are already administrators
on their workstations.

I would appreciate any other thoughts.