Changing Passwords On Domain

[Bobby]

Hi there,

Forgive me for being obvious, but I cannot seem to figure out how to prevent
users from having the ability to "Change Password" after pressing Ctrl, Alt,
and Delete. I read an article somewhere, advising to modify the registry on
the user's machine to accomplish this. I was wondering how to go about
doing this from the server side. We're a Windows 2000 Server domain. Any
suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bobby

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

You can setup group policy to disable that. Another option is check user cannot change password under properties of the user.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
Hi there,

Forgive me for being obvious, but I cannot seem to figure out how to prevent
users from having the ability to "Change Password" after pressing Ctrl, Alt,
and Delete. I read an article somewhere, advising to modify the registry on
the user's machine to accomplish this. I was wondering how to go about
doing this from the server side. We're a Windows 2000 Server domain. Any
suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bobby

 

[Bobby]

Hi Bob,

That doesn't seem to work for some reason, although I don't see any reason why it should not. Do you know if I have to wait for either of these options to take effect (like the standard 15 minutes rule)? If not, maybe I have to reboot the server...that wouldn't make a lot of sense though. Any ideas or suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Bobby
You can setup group policy to disable that. Another option is check user cannot change password under properties of the user.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
Hi there,

Forgive me for being obvious, but I cannot seem to figure out how to prevent
users from having the ability to "Change Password" after pressing Ctrl, Alt,
and Delete. I read an article somewhere, advising to modify the registry on
the user's machine to accomplish this. I was wondering how to go about
doing this from the server side. We're a Windows 2000 Server domain. Any
suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bobby

 

[Bobby]

Nevermind it worked, just needed to go all the way with attempting to proceed with change password then it states it won't let you. I didn't see it anywhere under group policy. Must have missed it somewhere, if someone can tell me where it is that would be great but if not I can always modify individual users as they are created. Thanks for the help.

Bobby
Hi Bob,

That doesn't seem to work for some reason, although I don't see any reason why it should not. Do you know if I have to wait for either of these options to take effect (like the standard 15 minutes rule)? If not, maybe I have to reboot the server...that wouldn't make a lot of sense though. Any ideas or suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Bobby
You can setup group policy to disable that. Another option is check user cannot change password under properties of the user.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
Hi there,

Forgive me for being obvious, but I cannot seem to figure out how to prevent
users from having the ability to "Change Password" after pressing Ctrl, Alt,
and Delete. I read an article somewhere, advising to modify the registry on
the user's machine to accomplish this. I was wondering how to go about
doing this from the server side. We're a Windows 2000 Server domain. Any
suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Bobby