Using Local Users and Groups to Manage User Passwords in Windows 7

Today we take a look at how to do it in Windows 7.

Note: Unfortunately this method does not work in Home versions of Windows.

Also, these are stand alone machines and not part of a domain.

Right-punch Computer in the Start Menu or from the Desktop icon and select Manage.

The process is essentially the same in Vista as well.

For User_geek we set their account to change the password on the next logon.

So when they logon they’ll see the following message.

Here we take a look at some other options using Local Security Policy.

tap on Start and bang out secpol.msc into the Search box in the Start Menu and hit Enter.

In Local Security Policy navigate to Security prefs \ Account Policies \ Password Policy.

For this example we’ll set a Minimum password length.

If you set it to zero it is if they don’t require a password at all.