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Edy
Seasoned But Casual Onlooker

Switzerland
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Posted - 06/25/2012 :  05:39:16 AM  Show Profile  Send Edy an ICQ Message  Click to see Edy's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Hello,

Since we deployed Windows 7 in our organization, our users are no longer alert with the password expiration notice after logon.

I have set policy.

-Interactive logon: Prompt user to change password before expiration”.
-always wait for the network

Is there something else to set in Group Policy?

Now we receive a balloon notice in the system tray to change password. But this notice is appears too quickly.

Thanks,
Edy

JeffWouters
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Netherlands
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Posted - 06/26/2012 :  03:41:33 AM  Show Profile  Visit JeffWouters's Homepage  Click to see JeffWouters's MSN Messenger address  Look at the Skype address for JeffWouters  Reply with Quote
So... the notice is working but vanishes too quickly?
Or has it vanished all together?

Greetsz,
Jeff.
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mm_0_mm
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USA
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Posted - 06/26/2012 :  11:52:32 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
we are considering implementing this to run at logon via group policy:


    Dim oDomain
    Dim oUser
    Dim maxPwdAge
    Dim numDays
    Dim warningDays
    warningDays = 90
    Set LoginInfo = CreateObject("ADSystemInfo")  
    Set objUser = GetObject("LDAP://" & LoginInfo.UserName & "")  
    strDomainDN = UCase(LoginInfo.DomainDNSName) 
    strUserDN = LoginInfo.UserName

    
    Set oDomain = GetObject("LDAP://" & strDomainDN)
    Set maxPwdAge = oDomain.Get("maxPwdAge")
    numDays = CCur((maxPwdAge.HighPart * 2 ^ 32) + maxPwdAge.LowPart) / CCur(-864000000000)
    'WScript.Echo "Maximum Password Age: " & numDays

    Set oUser = GetObject("LDAP://" & strUserDN)


    whenPasswordExpires = DateAdd("d", numDays, oUser.PasswordLastChanged)
    fromDate = Date
    daysLeft = DateDiff("d",fromDate,whenPasswordExpires)
    
    'WScript.Echo "Password Last Changed: " & oUser.PasswordLastChanged

    if (daysLeft < warningDays) and (daysLeft > -1) then
        Msgbox "Password Expires in " & daysLeft & " day(s)" & " on "&chr(13) & whenPasswordExpires & chr(13) & chr(13) & "Once logged in, press CTRL-ALT-DEL and" & chr(13) & "select the 'Change a password' option"& chr(13) & chr(13) &"Please contact the Help Desk at x9999 for assistance", 0, "PASSWORD EXPIRES SOON!"
    End if

   
    Set oUser = Nothing
    Set maxPwdAge = Nothing
    Set oDomain = Nothing
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Edy
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Switzerland
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Posted - 06/26/2012 :  3:33:09 PM  Show Profile  Send Edy an ICQ Message  Click to see Edy's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Hi,

What I mean with Windows XP after entering the user login information the user was prompt that the password will expire soon. A box pop up to give the user a chance to change password or say no before even loading the dekstop.

My question, is a similar method possible with Windows 7 or does Windows 7 only pop up a balloon when the user is already logged on?

Thanks,
Edy
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Xenophane
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Denmark
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Posted - 06/27/2012 :  02:23:34 AM  Show Profile  Visit Xenophane's Homepage  Send Xenophane an ICQ Message  Reply with Quote
We are having the same issue here, we are just in the process of deploying Windows 7, to the entire company..

We have decided on running a script centrally, that will send out an email to people when theer is x days left. ( Management decision)

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Edy
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Switzerland
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Posted - 06/27/2012 :  03:51:02 AM  Show Profile  Send Edy an ICQ Message  Click to see Edy's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
Okay, maybe Windows 7 handles this different than Windows XP.

I was hoping an expert could jump in and confirm, if Windows 7 indeed deals with expiring password notice differently than Windows XP.

Thanks,
Edy
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JQuinn
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USA
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Posted - 10/01/2012 :  11:39:39 AM  Show Profile  Visit JQuinn's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Edy,

Win7 definately deals with password expiration differently. Balloon notification is the new method with win7 and no longer right at logon. Problem i have seen is that the balloon will come up and go away pretty quickly and most users will not see it. A separate script with notification could be the way to go. I have yet to see a way to increase the amount of time that the balloon stays on the screen.

HTH
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