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Hello, Technical Information!<br />
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Unless you have a local group policy enabled for it, they should not expire.<br />
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Cheers!<br />
Sean
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thanks for the quick answer Sean. Do you know if it's enabled by default?
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Technical Information,<br />
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I do believe that Zac Harris is correct, Administrators don't expire by default, and I think user accounts are a default 42 days (though I have been known to be wrong on rare occasion =] ).<br />
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Cheers!<br />
Sean
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hi when setting up a local admin account on a number of PCs I forgot to tick the passwords never expire. the PCs are not on a domin will the accounts expire?
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hi when setting up a local admin account on a number of PCs I forgot to tick the passwords never expire. the PCs are not on a domin will the accounts expire?

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Windows 7 is an operating system from Microsoft. Features include multi-touch support, a redesigned Windows Shell with a new taskbar, referred to as the Superbar, a home networking system called HomeGroup, and performance improvements.

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