Changing the Password Expiry Warning Period (Windows NT/2000/XP)

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Changing the Password Expiry Warning Period (Windows NT/2000/XP)
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This entry specifies the number of days before a user's password expires that a warning message is displayed.

Open your registry and find the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value called 'PasswordExpiryWarning' using the settings below.

Exit your registry, you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.


(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
PasswordExpiryWarning	REG_DWORD	0x00000007 (7)


	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

Settings:

System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
Name: PasswordExpiryWarning
Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value)
Value: Number of Days (Default = 14)

Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.

Last Modified: March 23, 2002

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