Group: microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
From: Bruce Chambers
Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: passwords

Silfey wrote:
> Hello. When i set up XP I inkcuded a user account for my 9 year old son. I
> set a password that only I would know so when he clicked his icon only i new
> the password to log him on. Now he has figured out thsat if he goes to
> control panel he can find the chnage passowrd and just rest it to something
> he knows. how do I stop this from happening?


Deny users the permission to change their own passwords.

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