>Al,
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>I think that 42 days (6 weeks) is the NT standard number of days for password rollover so there's nothing here that is out of the ordinary. As a matter of fact as soon as I decide to inflict the pain on myself by forcing my users to regularly change their passwords ("I forgot my password again - it's your fault!" *g*) that was exactly the number of days I would have used.
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>Nothing whatsoever unusual about this number of days. You are quite correct in your observations.
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>As far as all the other stuff it does seem to be an overreaction.
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>Best,
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>DD

I have a solution to the problem of "ever-changing passwords". I just add a number and then increment. MickyMouse1 becomes MickyMouse2. So, if I ever have a problem, I just try the next number.