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Administrator password
In terms of self-service, if a users has forgotten their password and they are trying to login , how will the older clients handle this, if at all? Heh. Well, that gets a bit involved... Keep in mind that the self-service password reset is actually an NMAS authentication method. It's assumed that if the user can

using Expect to change password
My password to check my mail never really existed. I went to put a password in, and when the box came up, it said what is your current password. Not really paying attention, I put the password that I wanted to use. I then verified the new password (the same that I had typed for the old one).

password problem
Tom C. Koch tk...@mvps.org microsoft public windows inetexplorer ie5 outlookexpress Hi Presley, Your problems are symptomatic of corruption in the Protected Storage service, used by OE to keep passwords. Try restoring the 4 pstore files below: psbase.dll pstorec.dll pstorerc.dll pstores.exe To do that,

still have domain password problem
Network with password caching issues, though I've only observed it with fully different characters in the password, not case sensitivity. It's been about 4 mos. since I looked at the site where I first observed this issue with upper/lower case. That said, here's some of what I found in researching this.

Variable Password based on date
The PDC folk think it is "more secure" to force password changes every 90 days, which gets many users to post their passwords on their monitors! For this reason, many of us will "bend the rules" and reuse the same password (generally requires some "hand-tweaking" by a PDC administrator). What is happening when you

Password Problem
It is clear that you know how the password authentication system works, but for the others. The reason your password is not shown in the password or shadow files is: 1) The login program collects the plaintext password from the user. 2) It calls crypt with the password and a salt value to encrypt the plain text

How to stop the "Welcome Screen" and change password
Check the following registry entry, looking for a password filter (not just passfilt.dll any password filter) HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\Notification Packages 2. 269236 Changes Are Not Applied When You Change the Password Policy http://support.microsoft.com/?id=269236 3.

Removing password from laptop hard drives
Jack Wang jac...@online.microsoft.com microsoft public windowsxp security_admin Hi This behavior can occur in one of the following situations: - You purchase a new computer system, and the default user account password has been configured as "expired". - The Windows XP password policy has caused the user account

Password Management
DaViD da...@hotmail.com microsoft public windowsxp security_admin To create a password reset disk 1.. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL, and then click Change Password. 2.. In User name, type the user name of the account that you want to create a password reset disk for. 3.. In Log on to, click your LocalComputerName. 4.

Best way to inform/store username and password info
Everytime I restart Outlook 2002 it promts me for the network password, I don't use network passwords on my home network and it is refering to the password to my ISP's POP3 server. I've checked the box that says to save the password and it does just that as long as the program stays open.

Remember My Password
In order for Win95/98 to save passwords, there are 3 basic requirements 1 - You have to install a Windows component that supports passwords. This would include Client for Microsoft Networks (no relation to MSN) or the Win95/98 User Profiles. Otherwise Windows lacks the password save function.

Can't Save Password in Dial-up Networking.
Now all of a sudden I'm getting the password prompt again at Windows startup, and when I try to just hit "OK" to get a null password, I get another window that says "You forgot to enter your password. Hit OK to enter it now." I've NEVER had a Windows password, so what the hell is going on here?

New password features in IM2
In my case, as a system admin, I need to send out technicians to perform Win2K troubleshooting (connectivity problem, third party software troubleshoot, etc) using "Administrator" account and password information. Currently I organize the "username - password" information using Excel spreadsheet... of course that

How can I determine the password modification date/time stamp
But you could make use of an archiver like PKZIP which supports password encryption.... I agree it is usually best to use a program specifically designed for that purpose. I do have a password batch that cannot be hacked, whacked, cracked or otherwise bypassed, if properly implemented. So? Let us shoot at it!

Outlook 2002 Will not retain password
When you try to open a password-protected WordPerfect file in Word, you will receive one of the following error messages: - File cannot be opened because of password protection. - Cannot Open File. - Converter not installed. WORKAROUND ========== To convert a password-protected WordPerfect document in Word,

How can I know whther the password has ben entered ?
Randolph J. Herber her...@dcdrjh.fnal.gov comp sys sgi admin In article <6nvckq$7s...@info.service.rug.nl>, Frans van Hoesel <hoe...@chem.rug.nl> wrote: We are running nis and the right wat to change the password is yppasswd. However, people used passwd and it seemed to work just fine.

Win95 and Network Password
ITSBRY its...@juno.com alt tv game-shows Two civilian contestants, and two celebrity contestants play password. They play a maximum of 5 passwords, each of which is a clue to a puzzle, called "Password Puzzlers". (so far, exactly like Password Plus & Super Password). I like your ideas and especially the term

Password Expired
Jimi Thompson JI...@prodigy.net alt computer security alt security comp security misc The purpose of attempting to crack the password yourself (white hat) is to expose the lazy goober end-users who whine about having to use a secure password before a cracker (black hat) gives it a go.

Thinkpad 760EL Sup. Password??
When you are using Dial-Up Networking, this option normally appears as a Save Password check box. When you are connecting to a shared network resource, this option normally appears as a Save This Password In Your Password List check box. If you have installed Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or 4.01, and you click

Password not Saved
Win winjmo...@hotmail.com 24hoursupport helpdesk In windows (safe mode) log on as administrator Click Start control pannel, administritave tools, local security policey click on account policy then password policy Minimum password age Computer Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Account