Changing Password Problem

[pubb]

Having a problem with changing passwords. Our minimum age
password is set for 3 days. When a user's password is
reset, and their account is set to change the password at
next logon, they are unable to change their password.
They get an error indicating "Unable to change password at
this time".

Has anyone else had this problem. Running AD, Win2k w/SP4.

 

[Richard McCall [MSFT]]

This can occur basically what you are seeing the in the article.
141187 User Must and Cannot Change Password
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=141187

 

[Richard Moreno]

Hi-
Here's a copy of an earlier reply to an exact problem resolved by Diana
Smith at MS. (not me...)

Hello Abudl,

This error message occurs if the Everyone group or Authenticated Users group
does not have the correct permissions to gain access to the domain
controllers from the network.


To resolve this issue:



1. Start the Active Directory Users and Computers tool, right-click the
Domain Controllers container, and then click Properties.

2. Click the Group Policies tab, click the Default Domain Controllers
policy, and then click Edit.

3. Expand the following items in the policy:
Computer Configuration

Windows Settings

Security Settings

Local Policies

User Rights Assignment

4. Double-click "Access this computer from the network", click Add, click
Browse, and then add Everyone and Authenticated Users.

5. Click OK in each dialog box or window to quit the policy editor. Close
the domain controller properties, and then quit Active Directory
Users and Computers.

6. At a command prompt, type "secedit /refreshpolicy machine_policy
/enforce" (without the quotation marks), and then press ENTER.

Thank You.

Diana.


So, thanks to Diana.

--
Thanks,
Richard Moreno
MCSE NT4\2000, MCSA 2000

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

 

[pubb]

The article you listed is for NT 4.0. Do you have
anything for Win2k??

-----Original Message-----
This can occur basically what you are seeing the in the article.
141187 User Must and Cannot Change Password
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=141187

--
Richard McCall [MSFT]

"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights."

Having a problem with changing passwords. Our minimum age
password is set for 3 days. When a user's password is
reset, and their account is set to change the password at
next logon, they are unable to change their password.
They get an error indicating "Unable to change password at
this time".

Has anyone else had this problem. Running AD, Win2k

w/SP4.


.

 

[pubb]

I checked the DC settings and the everyone and
authenticated users groups have the rights to access the
computer from the network.