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Biertan<br />
It only takes effect on passwords that are changed in future - IE AFTER the policy was implemented. Existing passwords are not suddenly required to comply.<br />
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Cheers<br />
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JamesDS
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Biertan
It only takes effect on passwords that are changed in future - IE AFTER the policy was implemented. Existing passwords are not suddenly required to comply.

Cheers

JamesDS

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So there is no way in which I can extend the expiry time for the current passwords??<br />
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So there is no way in which I can extend the expiry time for the current passwords??



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If I have a global policy in place in a Windows 2003 domain in regards to the password expiry time (default 42 days), by changing it to a longer time does it reset or add time to the current expiry time on accounts or does it only take effect after the next time the password is changed ?<br />
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I need to have the current password policy extended by a little time for a current project without having the users requiring to change the passwords for a while longer.<br />
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If I have a global policy in place in a Windows 2003 domain in regards to the password expiry time (default 42 days), by changing it to a longer time does it reset or add time to the current expiry time on accounts or does it only take effect after the next time the password is changed ?

I need to have the current password policy extended by a little time for a current project without having the users requiring to change the passwords for a while longer.



Windows Server 2003 domain global policy

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).