Overriding Default New User Account Creation

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I have a computer that is not part of a domain. If I or my
co-administrator need to create a new user account, how do I force XP
to prompt us for a password? This seems to be easy to do in a domain.
How do we do modify the local security policy to enforce this for
something as simple as a workgroup? I know we can manually change the
password, but isn't it better for the system to require it at the time
the account is created, and not the first time the user logs in (using
a blank password)? The following article leaves me clueless on the
subject:

http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Passwords_Improve_Windows_Security_Part2.html
 
Do similar as described in the article to configure Local Security Policy to
your needs. You can use secpol.msc to open Local Security Policy or find it
in administrative tools. Then make sure you use Local Users and Groups
[lusrmgr.msc] to create user accounts as I believe there is a bug that will
not prompt you for a user password even if policy dictates so if you use the
net user command to create users.

Steve
 
Steven said:
You can use secpol.msc to open Local Security Policy or find it
in administrative tools. Then make sure you use Local Users and Groups
[lusrmgr.msc] to create user accounts as I believe there is a bug that will
not prompt you for a user password even if policy dictates so if you use the
net user command to create users.
Click to expand...

This may help since I was using Control Panel->User Accounts->User->Add
.... to create a new user instead of Control Panel->User
Accounts->Advanced (brings up Local Users and Groups)->Action->New
User. The latter prompts for a password.

We had already set a minimum password length via Contol
Panel->Administrative Tools->Local Security Policy-> Security
Settings->Account Policies->Password Policy, which seems to have been
ignored by the first approach to adding a new user. XP is full of
surprises even though it is considered a mature OS.
 
That is what I was suggesting by using lusrmgr.msc which can also done by
opening Computer Management which can be easily accessed by right clicking
My Computer on the Desktop and selecting manage.

Steve


You can use secpol.msc to open Local Security Policy or find it
in administrative tools. Then make sure you use Local Users and Groups
[lusrmgr.msc] to create user accounts as I believe there is a bug that
will
not prompt you for a user password even if policy dictates so if you use
the
net user command to create users.
Click to expand...

This may help since I was using Control Panel->User Accounts->User->Add
... to create a new user instead of Control Panel->User
Accounts->Advanced (brings up Local Users and Groups)->Action->New
User. The latter prompts for a password.

We had already set a minimum password length via Contol
Panel->Administrative Tools->Local Security Policy-> Security
Settings->Account Policies->Password Policy, which seems to have been
ignored by the first approach to adding a new user. XP is full of
surprises even though it is considered a mature OS.
Click to expand...
 
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