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Change User Account Type using Computer Management.Change User Account Type using User Accounts (netplwiz).Change User Account Type using Control Panel.Change User Account Type using Settings App.

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How to Change User Account Type in Windows 11.

#SETUP STANDARD ACCOUNTS ON WINDOWS 10 PASSWORD#

A strong password must be changed regularly to avoid password-guessing attacks. The password should be at least 8 characters long with a combination of letters, special character and numbers. Set reset account lockout counter after to 10 minutes: net accounts /lockoutwindow:10Ī secure infrastructure requires the user to use strong passwords.Set account lockout threshold to 5 bad logon attempts: net accounts /lockoutthreshold:5.Set account lockout duration to 30 minutes: net accounts /lockoutduration:30.Set minimum password length to 8 characters: net accounts /minpwlen:8.Set minimum password age to 2 days: net accounts /minpwage:2.Set maximum password age to 60 days: net accounts /maxpwage:60.The settings shown in the article can be set using an elevated command prompt also. If the value is set to 0, that means the account will never be locked. The allowed value ranges from 1 to 99999. For example, if set to 5, the account lockout threshold will reset to 0 after 5 minutes. Reset account lockout counter after: The number of minutes after which the account lockout threshold counter will be reset.

If the value is set to 0, that means the account will be locked out until an administrator user unlocks it. The allowed value ranges from 1 to 99999 minutes. For example, if set to 5, the account will be locked for 5 minutes.

Account lockout duration: The duration (in minutes) for which the account will be locked after triggering the account lockout threshold.

For example, if set to 5, the account will be locked after 5 invalid password attempts.

Account lockout threshold: The number of failed login attempts allowed before locking the account.

This is an unsafe setting and must be disabled.įor additional security, we can configure Account Lockout Policy:

Store passwords using reversible encryption: This allows storing encrypted passwords in a way that it can be decrypted.

Complexity requirements are enforced when passwords are changed or created. By default, it is set to disable.

Non-alphabetic characters (for example, !, $, #, %).

English lowercase characters (a through z).

English uppercase characters (A through Z).

Contain characters from three of the following four categories:.

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Not contain the user’s account name or parts of the user’s full name that exceed two consecutive characters.

Password must meet complexity requirement: If this policy is enabled, passwords must meet the following minimum requirements:.

If the value is set to 0, that means the password is not required.

For example, if the value is set to 8, the minimum length of the password would be 8 characters and no less than that.

Minimum password length: Allows the user to set the minimum length of the password.If the value is set to 0, that means the password can be changed immediately. For example, if the value is set to 5, the user can only change the password after 5 days. Minimum password age: Allows the user to set the duration (in days) that a password must be used before the user changes it.If the value is set to 0, that means the password will never expire.

For example, if the value is set to 30, the user will be prompted to change the password on the thirty-first day.

Maximum password age: Allows the user to set the password duration (in days) after which the user is forced to change the password.

For example, if the value is set to 5, the user can reuse the first password only after 5 unique password changes.

Enforce password history: This allows the user to define the number of unique passwords allowed per user before reusing the old password.

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Type “secpol” in the Windows 10 search bar and click on the resulting applet shown.Ĭlick on the Account Policies setting, followed by the Password Policy option.