B.37. Lab B.37: Change the Minimum Password Age

This lab requires a Windows XP workstation.

Security Templates can give you access to system settings and allow you to make policy changes. The Minimum Password Age setting defines how long a user must have a password before they can change it. The default is usually 2 days, but there can be little reason for a user needing to change their password every 2 days. This exercise walks you through the steps of changing the minimum password age to 10 days:

NOTE

You must be logged in as a member of the Administrators group (or as Administrator) to be able to make this change.

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