Sunday, April 4, 2010

Disabling the Change Password Option

It is possible to disable the change password option on the security page by simply executing the following registry tweak

1. open regedit.exe.file
2. Search for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
3. Create a new DWORD entry named DisableChangePassword and set its data value to '0' to disable
    the change password option and to '1' to enable it again.
4. Similarly, it is also possible to create another DWORD entry named DisableLockWorkstation that
    can be used to prevent user from locking machines accidentally or intantionally
5. Exit the windows registry and restart the windows session for the changes to be applied.  

For Windows 2000,NT ,ME and XP
Note: We will update day by day in PC tips
Hint: Use the above details carefully.

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