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Hi<br />
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Never expires can be dangerous and only be used by service accounts with impossible to guess passwords.<br />
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But no, if you flag that for a user- or serviceaccount the account will never expire again.
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Hi

Never expires can be dangerous and only be used by service accounts with impossible to guess passwords.

But no, if you flag that for a user- or serviceaccount the account will never expire again.

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The question isn't if the account will expire again. The question is if I can continue to use the old password although the account has already expired, simply by checking the flag 'account never expires'.
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The question isn't if the account will expire again. The question is if I can continue to use the old password although the account has already expired, simply by checking the flag 'account never expires'.

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yes you still have to change it one time.
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yes you still have to change it one time.

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Yes you need to reset it once, can be the same as before.
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Yes you need to reset it once, can be the same as before.

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I have tested this in a lab environment and can confirm that if the password has expired and you set the 'never expires' flag, you can logon again and don't have to change the password.
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I have tested this in a lab environment and can confirm that if the password has expired and you set the 'never expires' flag, you can logon again and don't have to change the password.

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Thanks for testing <br />
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It is expected behaviour.<br />
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Thanks once again, your results would help some body some day in bad situation<br />
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Mahesh
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Thanks for testing

It is expected behaviour.

Thanks once again, your results would help some body some day in bad situation

Mahesh

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I have a number of accounts with expired passwords in my Active Directory. If I set the 'Never Expires' flag after the password has expired, will I still have to change it?
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I have a number of accounts with expired passwords in my Active Directory. If I set the 'Never Expires' flag after the password has expired, will I still have to change it?

Expired accounts

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