That's incorrect. The computer initiates the change. Thus if the computer is offline the change never happens.
Thanks, Brian Desmond br...@briandesmond.com<mailto:br...@briandesmond.com> c - 312.731.3132 From: Andrew Levicki [mailto:and...@levicki.me.uk] Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 3:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Computer account password expiration Hi Damien, yes is the answer to your question but the fix is very simple, you just need to reset the computer account: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/216393 Cheers, Andrew 2010/1/20 Damien Solodow <damien.solo...@harrison.edu<mailto:damien.solo...@harrison.edu>> I'm wanting to confirm something and so far my Google-fu has not produced any particularly authoritative answers. By default computers that are members of a Windows 2003 domain change their machine account passwords every 30 days. If a Windows XP workstation is offline or disconnected for more than 30 days, will the secure connection between that workstation and the machine be broken? Will this prevent domain users from logging into the PC? I'm pretty sure the answer is yes, but wanting verification. We have some "vended" laptops that are frequently unused for weeks or possibly months at a time. The user then finally dusts off one of these machines that hasn't been used in over a month, and then scream when they can't login from it. DAMIEN SOLODOW Systems Engineer 317.217.6881 (office) 317.217.6851 (fax) HARRISON COLLEGE 603 East Washington Street Suite 600 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2646 www.harrison.edu<http://www.harrison.edu/> -- Kind regards, Andrew Levicki MCITP MCSE CCNA and...@levicki.me.uk<mailto:and...@levicki.me.uk> www.andrewlevicki.eu<http://www.andrewlevicki.eu> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
