Disabling Ability To Change Password

Disabling User Ability To Change Password

To disable the user’s ability to change the Windows logon password:

1. Open RegEdit 2. Go to the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System

3. Add a Dword value “DisableChange Password” and set the value to 1

Applies to Windows 95/98 and NT SP4 and later

Example:

Disabled “DisableChangePassword”=dword:00000000 Enabled “DisableChangePassword”=dword:00000001