disabling user password change

[theEclipse]

Hello,

First off, this is not as simple as it seems. The machines are XP Home ed. (yuck). The computers are public domain computers in a coffee shop, and we need to have password access without the ability of the user to change the passwords.

I cant go the xp pro way: computer managment->disable the feature because the computer managment screen doesnt have the user managment area.

Any help is appreciated.

Robert

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[linney]

You might get some ideas from Doug Knox in this thread and what he mentions about "the NUSRMGR.CPL applet, or by restricting access to Control Panel and the Command Prompt as a whole", used in conjunction with his Security Console for Home (also mentioned in the Google link).

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...+xp+home%2Buser+changing+password&btnG=Search

Cool Tip #2: Security Tab in Windows XP Home
thread779-685055

 

[tsuji]

Hello theEclipse,

Can consider script solution. It essentially just sets the appropriate bit of the user account's userFlag.

const UF_PASSWD_CANT_CHANGE=64
set oUser=GetObject("WinNT://bluemountain/psmith,user")
oUser.Put "userFlags", oUser.Get("userFlags") OR UF_PASSWD_CANT_CHANGE
oUser.SetInfo
set oUser=nothing

regards - tsuji