Windows 10: Password expires despite unlimited password age

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  1. Password expires despite unlimited password age


    Hi,
    Windows 10 Home is asking me to change the password for my local account. It is also enforcing complexity rules and remembering past passwords.
    As far as I can see it should not be doing so.
    I have noticed that something is resetting PasswordExpires=TRUE. I can reset this to FALSE but within a hour or so it has been reset to TRUE. This is also happening for the other local account and also for a test account that has only just been created and never used.
    This behaviour started about two months ago.

    Any ideas where I need to look and what I need to change?

    Results of net accounts:-

    PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> net accounts

    Force user logoff how long after time expires?: Never
    Minimum password age (days): 0
    Maximum password age (days): Unlimited
    Minimum password length: 0
    Length of password history maintained: None
    Lockout threshold: Never
    Lockout duration (minutes): 30
    Lockout observation window (minutes): 30
    Computer role: WORKSTATION
    The command completed successfully.

    Results of net wmic useraccount:-

    PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> wmic useraccount where "name='Paul'" list full

    AccountType=512
    Description=
    Disabled=FALSE
    Domain=Study
    FullName=
    InstallDate=
    LocalAccount=TRUE
    Lockout=FALSE
    Name=Paul
    PasswordChangeable=TRUE
    PasswordExpires=TRUE
    PasswordRequired=FALSE
    SID=S-1-5-21-3063479694-1140064005-1556637642-1001
    SIDType=1
    Status=OK

    List extracted from Local Security Policy>Password Policy

    PolicySecurity Setting
    Enforce password history0 passwords remembered
    Maximum password age0
    Minimum password age0 days
    Minimum password length0 characters
    Minimum password length auditNot Defined
    Password must meet complexity requirementsDisabled
    Relax minimum password length limitsNot Defined
    Store passwords using reversible encryptionDisabled

    Thanks for looking . . . Paul

    Windows 10 Home version 19041.572

    :)
     
    Zetland Paul, Nov 9, 2020
    #1

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    This does not help. I have already listed command output that shows Maximum password age (days): Unlimited
     
    Zetland Paul, Nov 9, 2020
    #2
  3. Password expires despite unlimited password age

    Hi,
    Windows 10 Home is asking me to change the password for my local account. It is also enforcing complexity rules and remembering past passwords.
    As far as I can see it should not be doing so.
    I have noticed that something is resetting PasswordExpires=TRUE. I can reset this to FALSE but within a hour or so it has been reset to TRUE. This is also happening for the other local account and also for a test account that has only just been created and never used.
    This behaviour started about two months ago.

    Any ideas where I need to look and what I need to change?

    Results of net accounts:-

    PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> net accounts

    Force user logoff how long after time expires?: Never
    Minimum password age (days): 0
    Maximum password age (days): Unlimited
    Minimum password length: 0
    Length of password history maintained: None
    Lockout threshold: Never
    Lockout duration (minutes): 30
    Lockout observation window (minutes): 30
    Computer role: WORKSTATION
    The command completed successfully.

    Results of net wmic useraccount:-

    PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> wmic useraccount where "name='Paul'" list full

    AccountType=512
    Description=
    Disabled=FALSE
    Domain=Study
    FullName=
    InstallDate=
    LocalAccount=TRUE
    Lockout=FALSE
    Name=Paul
    PasswordChangeable=TRUE
    PasswordExpires=TRUE
    PasswordRequired=FALSE
    SID=S-1-5-21-3063479694-1140064005-1556637642-1001
    SIDType=1
    Status=OK

    List extracted from Local Security Policy>Password Policy

    Policy Security Setting
    Enforce password history 0 passwords remembered
    Maximum password age 0
    Minimum password age 0 days
    Minimum password length 0 characters
    Minimum password length audit Not Defined
    Password must meet complexity requirements Disabled
    Relax minimum password length limits Not Defined
    Store passwords using reversible encryption Disabled

    Thanks for looking . . . Paul

    Windows 10 Home version 19041.572
     
    Zetland Paul, Nov 9, 2020
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