For an enterprise, to prevent data leak or other security issue,
workers may be required to change windows login password at a fixed
date.
For a local user, a regular windows 7 password reset can save users
from being hacked.
If you are busy, you may forget to change windows password, thus
three methods are provided to schedule windows 7 password reset task.
Method 1 Set Maximum Password Age
Step 1: Enable Password Expiration
1. Right click Computer, and choose Management. In Computer
Management window, locate to Local Users and Groups Manager.
2. In the left pane, click on Users, then double click on the name of
the user account that you want to enable password expiration for.
3. Uncheck the Password never expires box, then click on
OK.
Step 2: Set Maximum Password Age
1. Open the Start menu, and type secpol.msc in the search box to open
the Local Security Policy editor.
2. In the left pane, expand Account Policies, and click on Password
Policy.
3. In the right pane, double click on Maximum password age, and enter
a number
Method 2 Use Windows Task Scheduler
1. Open the Task Scheduler window.
Open Control Panel and choose System and Security. Then select
Administrative Tools and, finally, Task Scheduler.
2. Create Task.
Click Create Task in the right Actions side. The Create Task dialog box
appears.
3. Type a name and a description for the task in General tab.
For example, Name: reset password. Description: Remind you to change
password every month.
4. Click the Triggers tab, followed by the New button. In New
Trigger window, select monthly, select all months and specify a date,
OK.
5. Click the Actions tab, followed by the New button. The Action
button menu displays.
6. From the Action button menu, choose Display a Message. Fill in
the title and message. OK.
For example, Title: reset password, Message: change user account
password.
7. Make more supplemental settings in Conditions and Settings tab.
8. Click OK to create the task. The completed task will appear in
the list of task scheduler library.
To test your task, select the task, choose Run from the Actions
side. Click OK to close the pop-up message.
Method 3 Adopt time management software
There are many third-party time management tools and event reminders
on the internet, including Foxmail.
Install one of them, edit the message “change windows 7 password”
and specify the notification date in the program.
With either one of above three methods, you can
reset
Windows 7 password at a regular time interval.
Additional knowledge
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