Windows 10: Iinqury of password policy

If I set 'Enforce password history' value as 0, and account password is set as 'Win12345'.Can I change this account password to 'Win12345' again?

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Accessing Password Policy in Windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

I understand that you would like to set Password policy. We will assist you to resolve the issue.

To assist you better, I would like to know what happened when you try to change the policy. Did you get any error message?

I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

You must log in as administrator to access these settings.

• 
  Press Windows key + R and type secpol.msc
  and press enter.
  
• 
  The Local Security Policy window will open. Now from the left pane, choose
  Password Policy from under Account Policies.
  
• 
  On the right side, choose Maximum password age.
  
  
• 
  If you wish the password to never Expire, set the value to
  0.
  

Hope the information helps. Let us know if you need further assistance. We will be happy to help.

Thank you.

 

Domain Password Policy Update User Impact

Hi there,

I'm looking for some guidance on what the user impact would be if the password policy GPO was updated on the domain.

I'm looking to request from the users to update their passwords based on the password policies without enforcing them to change it upon next logon. Based on the existing policy and updated policies mentioned below, would there be any immediate impact that would force the users to change their passwords?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!

The current password policy (settings in BOLD will be updated):

• Enforce Password History: 5 Passwords remembered
  
• Max Password Age: 90 days
  
• Minimum Password Age: 0 days
  
• Minimum Password Length: 11 characters
  
• Password Must meet complexity requirements: Enabled
  

• Account lockout threshold: 6
  
• Account lockout duration: 30 minutes
  
• Reset account lockout counter after: 30 minutes
  

The updated password policy:

• Enforce Password History: 5 Passwords remembered
  
• Max Password Age: 0 days (no expiry)
  
• Minimum Password Age: 1 day
  
• Minimum Password Length: 11 characters
  
• Password Must meet complexity: Disabled
  

• Account lockout threshold: 10
  
• Account lockout duration: 15 minutes
  
• Reset account lockout counter after: 15 minutes
  

 

admin password?

You can reset the Admin Password using Windows XP repair; See Here for step by step.

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